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Frontier Airlines considering using Cleveland Hopkins Airport as crew base Exciting news for CLE! Hope Frontier makes it official soon! I work for UA and we have 500+ pilots and flight attendants based out of Hopkins; this would make a great addition! Great paying jobs. Correct me if I'm wrong, but CLE may be one of the only airports of its size with potentially 2 mainline crew bases. Great for the local economy.

I'm an FA for UA and was previously CLE based. Not sure of the exact pilot numbers, but the flight attendant population grew to over 300 and they are offering CLE to new hires out of training. When I left CLE in December of this year there were 2 inflight supervisors, and now there are 4. Not sure of the amount of growth, but definitely good signs!

As someone who works for UA I don't believe we'll ever see another hub in CLE, but they grew the in-flight base here by over 100 flight attendants in the last few months, so hopefully some growth is on its way. They added a third SFO flight starting in August, so that's a start.

I have not heard of any major shift in flying at CLE, however, we have added capacity on our seasonal routes (FLL, RSW) to include both mainline and an express flight. United also brought back TPA with express as well, with a potential it be covered by mainline. I have heard that the CLE base has been understaffed for years, so hopefully this gives the company potential for expansion, although it may not be major, at least it is something.

On a completely unrelated note, I work in inflight for United, and for the first time since 2012 they've started adding more flight attendants/pilots to the CLE base!

Cleveland Hopkins passenger traffic grows 5.5 percent to highest number in 10 years CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Hopkins International Airport welcomed 9.64 million passengers in 2018, a 5.5 percent increase over 2017 and the most since 2008, before the Great Recession hit. And the airport is poised for more growth, according to Airport Director Robert Kennedy, who said predictions show the airport will exceed 10 million passengers in 2019. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/01/cleveland-hopkins-passenger-traffic-grows-55-percent-to-highest-number-in-10-years.html

S&P, Moody's boost bond ratings for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport CLEVELAND, Ohio - Two major rating services have upgraded their bond ratings for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, lifting the rating to the highest level in eight years. Standard & Poors Global Ratings increased the airport's rating to A from A-minus. and Moody's Investors Service increased its rating to A3 from Baa1. The changes will result in considerable savings on interest costs for long-term borrowing by Hopkins. The city-owned airport system also includes Burke Lakefront Airport. https://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2018/08/sp_moodys_boost_bond_ratings_f.html

^^ YEET to Shake Shack! As for Allegiant stopping their CLE-MSY route, fly Spirit (they have a year round nonstop) or Southwest (they have season service)

The flight attendant workgroup is the last to merge it's seniority, so we are still either CO or UA until October 1st. CLE is a CO only base, whereas BOS and LAS are UA only bases. It's believed that after our workgroup merges in October the bases will open to transfers then new hires. In regards to CO being a younger workforce and losing seniority to UA that is very accurate.

This is interesting. Let's see if UA adds staff numbers to the CLE domicile to support these flights. They have been letting the domicile attrite since 2014 prefatory to closing it. I'm a United flight attendant based in ORD. CLE is significantly understaffed and rumor has it when we merge internally (Continental and United) on October 1st they plan on opening up most of our bases for transfers, I'm banking on that rumor. Can you translate for us UrbanOhio non insiders? United and Continental merged their brands back in 2012, but each work group had to come to the table and negotiate a new contract to represent them, it just so happens that the flight attendants are the last work group to merge. In October we'll finally merge seniority and be able to work together, and that is when it's believed that additional people will be able to come into the CLE base, although like I previously mentioned thats just a rumor, however the base is extremely understaffed.

This is interesting. Let's see if UA adds staff numbers to the CLE domicile to support these flights. They have been letting the domicile attrite since 2014 prefatory to closing it. I'm a United flight attendant based in ORD. CLE is significantly understaffed and rumor has it when we merge internally (Continental and United) on October 1st they plan on opening up most of our bases for transfers, I'm banking on that rumor.

I was always curious as to why the Youngstown-Boardman-Warren MSA wasn't apart of the Cleveland-Akron-Canton CSA

Cleveland Hopkins 'most improved' airport in North America, survey says http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/03/post_381.html#incart_m-rpt-1 CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is the "most improved" airport in North America, according to the 2017 Airport Service Quality Survey. The city-owned airport "posted its best customer service scores last year since the airport began participation in the global service quality program in 2006," the city reported Tuesday in a news release about the survey. "Cleveland Hopkins International Airport continues to focus on improving visitor experience in all aspects of customer service," Mayor Frank Jackson said in the release. Hopkins' survey scores are its highest in more than a decade.

Cleveland Hopkins airport renovates customs area in advance of new Iceland flights CLEVELAND, Ohio - The international arrivals area at Cleveland Hopkins airport is getting a facelift, in anticipation of thousands of international travelers passing through the airport on new flights from Reykjavik, Iceland. It's good news for travelers who found the previous customs process time-consuming and cumbersome. Buses, which transported arriving passengers from the secure side of the airport to baggage claim, won't be needed any more. Instead, the airport plans to reinstall Transportation Security Administration screening machines inside the customs area, allowing international passengers to pass through security before exiting through Concourse A. http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2018/01/cleveland_hopkins_airport_plan.html

Let me introduce you to Kentucky and SE Indiana residents. Wow will be successful in CVG, just like Frontier and Allegiant have had the success they have had in Cincinnati. Alot of penny pinchers in the surrounding area. Don't forget that Wow is apparently successful in Pittsburgh and they have Delta service to Paris AND Condor service to Frankfurt.