10 minutes ago, KyleofColumbus said:

I'm very happy to see John Glenn International receiving a brand new world class terminal. With how much Columbus is growing and investments going into the city we really need to get at least 1 or 2 European Direct Flights.

Give me Schiphol all year with a seasonal flight to Paris.

I'm curious how many folks come in outside of our metro to fly with no real airport options on the east/south east side of the state (unless you go to Pittsburgh).

I would absolutely love a direct to AMS, even if it was something like a 4x/weekly flight. I'm fairly confident we'll have a European flight announced right around the time the new terminal opens.

To your last point though, the population in that area of the state really isn't all that high. We certainly get most of those people who need to fly, but very few of them actually fly, and there aren't many people living there to begin with.

What's crazy to me is CMH is actually slightly closer in terms of drive time to DAY than CVG is to DAY. CMH is a legit option for many people north of downtown Dayton in terms of direct flights not offered at DAY.

2 hours ago, cbussoccer said:

I would absolutely love a direct to AMS, even if it was something like a 4x/weekly flight. I'm fairly confident we'll have a European flight announced right around the time the new terminal opens.

To your last point though, the population in that area of the state really isn't all that high. We certainly get most of those people who need to fly, but very few of them actually fly, and there aren't many people living there to begin with.

What's crazy to me is CMH is actually slightly closer in terms of drive time to DAY than CVG is to DAY. CMH is a legit option for many people north of downtown Dayton in terms of direct flights not offered at DAY.

Also a fantastic point if you look at any of the cities on the North West side before you get to close to Detroit or Cleveland (Lima, Marion, Sidney, Piqua, and possibly Findlay?)

Either way I think the flight into Schiphol would be the best option due to it's many connecting flights to other countries in Europe / Asia.

15 minutes ago, KyleofColumbus said:

Also a fantastic point if you look at any of the cities on the North West side before you get to close to Detroit or Cleveland (Lima, Marion, Sidney, Piqua, and possibly Findlay?)

Annectdotally, Northwest folks I have known over the years split between Columbus or Detroit who has the benefit of many more direct flights. Folks would sooner drive the 2+ hours to DTW for a direct vs 1-2 hours to CMH and have a layover in an airport they dont like.

Western folks I have known over the years still generally choose Cincy because it has a reputation of being less expensive. Now, how those costs ACTUALLY bear out is a different story after driving that far but I knew folks who lived in Marysville that would always fly out of Cincy instead. (An outlier) but they were also originally from Celina.

I believe CMH is the unofficial airport for non-Wheeling West Virginia as well.

2 hours ago, ColDayMan said:

I believe CMH is the unofficial airport for non-Wheeling West Virginia as well.

I always thought that was Pittsburgh...

37 minutes ago, columbus17 said:

I always thought that was Pittsburgh...

CMH is closer to Charleston, Huntington, and Parkersburg (three of WV's biggest metros) than it is to Pittsburgh. That's why I said non-Wheeling West Virginia.

3 hours ago, DTCL11 said:

I knew folks who lived in Marysville that would always fly out of Cincy instead.

That is insane. Even if CVG had a nonstop option that CMH didn't, the drive alone negates whatever layover you would have had flying out of CMH. And nowadays there are hardly any nonstops out of CVG that you can't get out of CMH.