June 1, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, PlanCleveland said: It's like some head of TSA flew out of Cleveland and decided it was too fast last summer, or there weren't enough precheck/clear/global entry sales in NEO. There is absolutely no excuse for lines like we have seen recently at an airport serving the amount of passengers we do. In the last 6 months I've flown out of airports serving 3X, 7X, 3X, and 4X our traffic, and my 2 flights out of Cleveland have taken the longest to get from the front door of the airport to the gate areas, and its not even close. My Cleveland times were about 45 and 70 minutes. At those 4 other airports the longest time was about 20-25 minutes, and that included going through passport/customs as I was leaving the Schengen area. I am on 50-70 flights most years - and with Clear and PreCheck CLE security takes 5 mins max. No other airport I fly from is as easy.
June 1, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, PlanCleveland said: It's like some head of TSA flew out of Cleveland and decided it was too fast last summer, or there weren't enough precheck/clear/global entry sales in NEO. There is absolutely no excuse for lines like we have seen recently at an airport serving the amount of passengers we do. In the last 6 months I've flown out of airports serving 3X, 7X, 3X, and 4X our traffic, and my 2 flights out of Cleveland have taken the longest to get from the front door of the airport to the gate areas, and its not even close. My Cleveland times were about 45 and 70 minutes. At those 4 other airports the longest time was about 20-25 minutes, and that included going through passport/customs as I was leaving the Schengen area. My last flight (probably a Monday morning in early May) I was very pleased when I got through the TSA Pre line faster than people who went through the CLEAR line. (And yes, TSA Pre had a line. ) When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
June 1, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, eyehrtfood said: I am on 50-70 flights most years - and with Clear and PreCheck CLE security takes 5 mins max. No other airport I fly from is as easy. That is so many flights I don't know whether to be jealous of you or feel sorry for you haha. 8 minutes ago, Boomerang_Brian said: My last flight (probably a Monday morning in early May) I was very pleased when I got through the TSA Pre line faster than people who went through the CLEAR line. (And yes, TSA Pre had a line. ) Ya I probably just need to finally get pre-check. I fly around 3-5 times a year. Until the last 6 months I don't think it had ever taken me more than 20 minutes to get through in Cleveland, so I never even considered paying for it.
June 2, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, eyehrtfood said: I am on 50-70 flights most years - and with Clear and PreCheck CLE security takes 5 mins max. No other airport I fly from is as easy. I'm the same and most days, it's pretty quick and simple. Just the busy holiday weekends seem to be an issue
June 8, 20241 yr May was a good month for Irish flying. 3044 pax, 3128 seats = 97% load factor for CLE-DUB, according to the TSA traffic site. https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/apisi-92-monitor Correction: 3312 seats for a 92% LF. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
June 8, 20241 yr I just took this flight with my family last week. The plane was completely full both ways. Convenient, affordable, and comfortable. We connected through Dublin to Paris. This is a great service to have out of CLE, and I hope it only keeps expanding.
June 9, 20241 yr Took the Aer Lingus flight last June, going on it again in two weeks, and will book it again soon for next Summer... Doing what I can to support it. With reasonable fares (last year) and great Avios point values (this year), it's the natural choice for flights from here to Europe, for me, despite tons of United miles.
June 9, 20241 yr My wife and I are already looking towards another European trip. My only issue I can find with Aer Lingus is that they don't have connecting flights that go any further East of Berlin and very few connecting flights that hit the Mediterranean coast. Hopefully they fix that soon with expansion. Other than that, I have no complaints.
June 9, 20241 yr 23 hours ago, YO to the CLE said: I just took this flight with my family last week. The plane was completely full both ways. Convenient, affordable, and comfortable. We connected through Dublin to Paris. This is a great service to have out of CLE, and I hope it only keeps expanding. Doing the same. We went last August and going again the first week of August. My soon to be 15 year old absolutely loved Dublin. We’re taking the RyanAir puddle jumper over to Edinburgh this next trip.
June 9, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, stpats44113 said: Doing the same. We went last August and going again the first week of August. My soon to be 15 year old absolutely loved Dublin. We’re taking the RyanAir puddle jumper over to Edinburgh this next trip. Ryan Air only flies 737's (with plenty of seats crammed in them!) Make sure to pack light they will reel you in with a cheap fare then it's hundreds of pounds to bring a bag :)
June 10, 20241 yr On 6/9/2024 at 2:33 PM, Cleburger said: Ryan Air only flies 737's (with plenty of seats crammed in them!) Make sure to pack light they will reel you in with a cheap fare then it's hundreds of pounds to bring a bag :) I appreciate the heads up @Cleburger and I assumed it was the Sprit Airlines of Ireland. We’re only planning a day trip so packing light.
June 11, 20241 yr On 6/9/2024 at 9:23 AM, YO to the CLE said: My wife and I are already looking towards another European trip. My only issue I can find with Aer Lingus is that they don't have connecting flights that go any further East of Berlin and very few connecting flights that hit the Mediterranean coast. Hopefully they fix that soon with expansion. Other than that, I have no complaints. I found that Aer Lingus HAS the non-stop flights from Dublin to many locations I may wish to go to - Prague this year, for instance - but the one non-stop a day to those locations doesn't align with the CLE-DUB arrival time (daily Prague flight departs 7:25 a.m. CLE flight arrives 9 a.m., etc...) - so not offered as connecting flights. Still, making it happen via another airline from DUB.
June 11, 20241 yr Tuesday morning in June...the $hit show continues. The real problem continues to be there is physically no space for people to line up at CLE. It all mixes in the ticketing lobby.
June 11, 20241 yr 9 hours ago, eyehrtfood said: I found that Aer Lingus HAS the non-stop flights from Dublin to many locations I may wish to go to - Prague this year, for instance - but the one non-stop a day to those locations doesn't align with the CLE-DUB arrival time (daily Prague flight departs 7:25 a.m. CLE flight arrives 9 a.m., etc...) - so not offered as connecting flights. Still, making it happen via another airline from DUB. My parents are running into that exact situation. They land in Dublin, but have to connect in Amsterdam to get to Prague via KLM. You would think they could push the CLE flight up a few hours for better connectivity. Perhaps they don't have the slots or gate space?
June 11, 20241 yr Just now, brownsfan1226 said: My parents are running into that exact situation. They land in Dublin, but have to connect in Amsterdam to get to Prague via KLM. You would think they could push the CLE flight up a few hours for better connectivity. Perhaps they don't have the slots or gate space? I am doing same KLM to Prague through AMS this year, like them. Last year I stayed 2 nights in DUB prior to a connection. I know there was talk of moving CLE-DUB timing - as it would open up many more options for connections - but as our only Euro non-stop, I'm not sure all realize how vital that move might be to decision making for travelers. For instance, if I could make connection to Prague this year on Aer Lingus, I'd be landing by 10 am in Prague. This year on KLM connection I don't get there til 7 pm. A lost day for me and likely lost business for others from CLE who didn't want that sort of schedule. I checked Vienna flight from DUB, too, - to see if ai could go there first - same story. On the flip side, if DUB-CLE flight is earlier, to accommodate the earlier flight TO Dublin, it might close some options for connecting flights into DUB for flight back to CLE - which now leaves around 3:30 pm, as I recall - though a pre return flight over night stay in DUB is a good plan, too.
June 11, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, eyehrtfood said: I am doing same KLM to Prague through AMS this year, like them. Last year I stayed 2 nights in DUB prior to a connection. I know there was talk of moving CLE-DUB timing - as it would open up many more options for connections - but as our only Euro non-stop, I'm not sure all realize how vital that move might be to decision making for travelers. For instance, if I could make connection to Prague this year on Aer Lingus, I'd be landing by 10 am in Prague. This year on KLM connection I don't get there til 7 pm. A lost day for me and likely lost business for others from CLE who didn't want that sort of schedule. I checked Vienna flight from DUB, too, - to see if ai could go there first - same story. On the flip side, if DUB-CLE flight is earlier, to accommodate the earlier flight TO Dublin, it might close some options for connecting flights into DUB for flight back to CLE - which now leaves around 3:30 pm, as I recall - though a pre return flight over night stay in DUB is a good plan, too. Part of me wonders if the "forced" stay over may be part of their strategy to boost tourism too. My pipe dream continues to be splitting the LHR and DUB flights between PIT and CLE, where they alternate between the airports (CLE gets DUB the days PIT gets LHR, and vice versa) and the combination effectively serves each city daily. Edited June 12, 20241 yr by brownsfan1226 Grammatical Error
June 12, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, brownsfan1226 said: Part of me wonders if the "forced" stay over may be part of their strategy to boost tourism too. My pipe dream continues to be splitting the LHR and DUB flights between PIT and CLE, where they alternate between the airports (CLE gets DUB the days PIT gets LHR, and vice versa) and the combination effectively serves each city daily. Your dream makes sense, since Aer Lingus and British Airways are owned by the same holding company , meaning the two airlines know exactly how each other's routes are doing. At the moment, however, Aer Lingus is being "punished" because their pilots won't sign a contract. The new A321XLR aircraft they were supposed to get this year are being assigned instead to Iberia, another member of the holding company. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
June 13, 20241 yr Brief mention of Jet FBO's expanded facilities for Cleveland Hopkins in this port authority article.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 24, 2024Jun 24 Delta bringing back nonstop to Salt Lake City. https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/06/delta-air-lines-bringing-back-cleveland-nonstop-route-to-western-hub-city.html
June 24, 2024Jun 24 1 hour ago, LibertyBlvd said: Delta bringing back nonstop to Salt Lake City. https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/06/delta-air-lines-bringing-back-cleveland-nonstop-route-to-western-hub-city.html Likely a reaction to Frontier entering the market for this route. I flew this route prior to the pandemic, and they used to have it on an Airbus 319, so this represents a capacity increase as well.
July 2, 2024Jul 2 This is surprising to me. Does anyone have any further insight? Is it due to slow aircraft delivery from Boeing or Airbus? It doesn’t seem like they are as affected by the Pratt & Whitney issues… https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/07/air-canada-suspending-decades-old-cleveland-to-toronto-flight.html?outputType=amp
July 2, 2024Jul 2 1 minute ago, Enginerd said: This is surprising to me. Does anyone have any further insight? Is it due to slow aircraft delivery from Boeing or Airbus? It doesn’t seem like they are as affected by the Pratt & Whitney issues… https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/07/air-canada-suspending-decades-old-cleveland-to-toronto-flight.html?outputType=amp I think I saw it was being cut at CVG too.
July 2, 2024Jul 2 18 minutes ago, Enginerd said: This is surprising to me. Does anyone have any further insight? Is it due to slow aircraft delivery from Boeing or Airbus? It doesn’t seem like they are as affected by the Pratt & Whitney issues… https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/07/air-canada-suspending-decades-old-cleveland-to-toronto-flight.html?outputType=amp 15 minutes ago, richNcincy said: I think I saw it was being cut at CVG too. “Summary Air Canada will not operate flights to Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Hartford, Indianapolis, or Kansas City this winter. Four US routes from Montreal will also not be served. The affected airports/routes are set to return to its network next summer.” https://simpleflying.com/james/ When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
July 2, 2024Jul 2 1 hour ago, Enginerd said: This is surprising to me. Does anyone have any further insight? Is it due to slow aircraft delivery from Boeing or Airbus? It doesn’t seem like they are as affected by the Pratt & Whitney issues… https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/07/air-canada-suspending-decades-old-cleveland-to-toronto-flight.html?outputType=amp I have no idea if this is true or not, but I was told it was the most canceled route out of Cleveland. I've booked with Air Canada twice. The first time I got an email 2 months out saying my destination was no longer serviced by them and I was getting a full refund. The 2nd time the flight was canceled due to "weather" about 20 minutes before boarding while everyone was at the gate. On a perfect weather day in both Cleveland and Toronto. They moved us to a Delta flight which was probably much better than their flight would have been. It's not too surprising. Air Canada has the worst on time performance in North America. https://retailwire.com/air-canada-is-north-americas-most-delayed-airline-of-2023/
July 2, 2024Jul 2 Reading through this re:TSA lines, check out the Pittsburgh subreddit - they're having even worse problems than us. 2+ hour waits for early morning flights (show up at 2:45-3AM for your 5AM flight and still barely make it). Sounds terrible.
July 3, 2024Jul 3 22 hours ago, Enginerd said: This is surprising to me. Does anyone have any further insight? Is it due to slow aircraft delivery from Boeing or Airbus? It doesn’t seem like they are as affected by the Pratt & Whitney issues… https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/07/air-canada-suspending-decades-old-cleveland-to-toronto-flight.html?outputType=amp The CLE and CVG routes were being flown by 50 seat CRJ-200 regional jets, most of which are very old so Air Canada is probably retiring them. Also, there is still a shortage of regional jet pilots, so that may have played into the decision as well. I can't imagine these routes will remain dormant for too long though.
July 4, 2024Jul 4 21 hours ago, OliverHazardPerry said: The CLE and CVG routes were being flown by 50 seat CRJ-200 regional jets, most of which are very old so Air Canada is probably retiring them. Also, there is still a shortage of regional jet pilots, so that may have played into the decision as well. I can't imagine these routes will remain dormant for too long though. Air Canada is also one of the worst-managed airlines out there. They basically have a monopoly on many of their routes, so do the bear minimum to maintain them.
July 5, 2024Jul 5 The TSA data base says CLE's international passenger count for May, 24 was 27,426 - up 41.4% yoy. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
July 8, 2024Jul 8 CLE has filed its 2023 CATS report, their annual financial statement to the FAA. For the second year in a row, the airport seems to be paying airlines to land, instead of the other way around. The passenger and cargo landing fees were a negative $7.4 million. The other data were all pretty good - a small operating loss but a $50 million positive cash flow. Can anybody explain the landing fee numbers? https://cats.airports.faa.gov/Reports/rpt127.cfm Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
July 17, 2024Jul 17 Cleveland Hopkins gets Clear location for TSA PreCheck enrollment Clear Secure Inc. has opened a TSA PreCheck enrollment and renewal location at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The launch of the enrollment location at Cleveland Hopkins — on the airport's departures level between Door 3 and Door 4 between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. — represents the ongoing expansion of Clear's national TSA PreCheck enrollment footprint, which has 40 locations open nationwide, the New York City-based company said Tuesday. "TSA PreCheck with enrollment by Clear provides a fast and efficient airport experience," Clear CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker said in a statement. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2024/07/16/cleveland-hopkins-clear-location-tsa-precheck.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 26, 2024Jul 26 I keep watching for numbers to be released for June. Im hoping we get close to 1 mil in total passengers for the month.
July 30, 2024Jul 30 On 7/26/2024 at 2:34 PM, dski44 said: I keep watching for numbers to be released for June. Im hoping we get close to 1 mil in total passengers for the month. 987,508 passengers for June, up 7% from last year; 5,016,756 passengers for the first half of the year, up 8% from last year. https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/07/frontier-overtakes-united-as-top-airline-at-cleveland-hopkins-airport.html Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
July 31, 2024Jul 31 I guess I never really noticed because I'm almost exclusive United out of CLE, but American's expansion here is impressive, at least for this casual observer. As I walked to the club this morning every gate between C1 and C14 had a B737 or ER175 parked at it and the gates were packed with people. It made it difficult to walk the concourse. It seems like it was only a few years ago that there might be one or two American flights at any given time. EDIT: A couple of them might have been Jet Blue....
July 31, 2024Jul 31 1 hour ago, Cleburger said: I guess I never really noticed because I'm almost exclusive United out of CLE, but American's expansion here is impressive, at least for this casual observer. As I walked to the club this morning every gate between C1 and C14 had a B737 or ER175 parked at it and the gates were packed with people. It made it difficult to walk the concourse. It seems like it was only a few years ago that there might be one or two American flights at any given time. EDIT: A couple of them might have been Jet Blue.... I had always avoided American Airlines because of their reputation for not being as good as Delta, but the last two years I’ve had to go to Dallas a bunch of times. Obviously, the direct flight on American was the best option. I’ve been really impressed! The 737 max they fly on that route is a very nice plane. The service has been good. On one flight cancellation I received early notice which was appreciated. Overall, they have done a good job of changing my perception. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
July 31, 2024Jul 31 2 hours ago, Cleburger said: I guess I never really noticed because I'm almost exclusive United out of CLE, but American's expansion here is impressive, at least for this casual observer. As I walked to the club this morning every gate between C1 and C14 had a B737 or ER175 parked at it and the gates were packed with people. It made it difficult to walk the concourse. It seems like it was only a few years ago that there might be one or two American flights at any given time. EDIT: A couple of them might have been Jet Blue.... I'm fairly exclusive to AA, and the frequency of flights is similar, but they have been flying some larger aircraft on routes that used to only get regionals. (PHL and ORD come to mind) I also think they are making sure Frontier doesn't encroach on them too much since Frontier started CLE-PHL and CLE-DFW, though that is just speculation on my part.
July 31, 2024Jul 31 not good — CLEVELAND NEWS NEWS FEATURE Frontier Ending Five Routes Out of Cleveland Hopkins Airport Citing 'Market Demand' Direct flights on the airline to and from Jacksonville, New Orleans, Myrtle Beach, Pensacola, and Savannah will soon end By Mark Oprea on Tue, Jul 30, 2024 more: https://www.clevescene.com/news/frontier-ending-five-routes-out-of-cleveland-hopkins-airport-cites-market-demand-44825127
July 31, 2024Jul 31 ^ This is why I was not very excited when they announced all the new routes earlier this year.
July 31, 2024Jul 31 These routes have been tried before (since the hub closure) and never lasted. Without reasonable connections to get more feed, they don't make sense. I don't know what Frontier was thinking.
July 31, 2024Jul 31 Here another article on Frontier's cuts. https://thepointsguy.com/news/frontier-airlines-major-route-cuts-july-2024/
August 6, 2024Aug 6 Still no detailed data for June from CLE, but the TSA data base says: CLE intl counts ... Ireland only June, 2019 - 20,890 June, 2023 - 28,239 ... 6,009 (96.05% LF) June, 2024 - 34,346 ... 5,923 (94.67% LF) The Irish LF assumes all scheduled flights in fact operated. Interesting fact: the bump up in total 2024 traffic is mostly US citizens to/from Canada. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
September 3, 2024Sep 3 Cleveland Hopkins passenger traffic soars to biggest heights in over 15 years July 2024 was the busiest month for passengers traveling through Cleveland Hopkins International Airport since the waning days of the George W. Bush administration. According to a news release, nearly 1 million passengers — 991,693, to be exact — passed through the airport during the month of July. https://www.crainscleveland.com/transportation/cleveland-hopkins-has-biggest-month-2008
September 3, 2024Sep 3 35 minutes ago, Clefan98 said: Cleveland Hopkins passenger traffic soars to biggest heights in over 15 years July 2024 was the busiest month for passengers traveling through Cleveland Hopkins International Airport since the waning days of the George W. Bush administration. According to a news release, nearly 1 million passengers — 991,693, to be exact — passed through the airport during the month of July. https://www.crainscleveland.com/transportation/cleveland-hopkins-has-biggest-month-2008 This helps lift my spirits after I landed there Sunday night and noted that the LAST departure on a Sunday evening of a holiday weekend from CLE was 7:47 pm. 😐
September 4, 2024Sep 4 17 hours ago, Cleburger said: This helps lift my spirits after I landed there Sunday night and noted that the LAST departure on a Sunday evening of a holiday weekend from CLE was 7:47 pm. 😐 Not too many late departures, but a loooooooot of late arrivals. Also, where is terminal modernization news?! I’m starting to get a little frustrated here.
September 4, 2024Sep 4 I believe it was always the plan to begin construction work in 2025 but I would hope we would see designs and renderings sometime before the end of the year.
September 9, 2024Sep 9 Ground services Swissport laying off all 216 employees at CLE. CLEVELAND (WJW) — Swissport, a ground service provider at Cleveland Hopkins international Airport, intends to lay off more than 200 workers when it stops nearly all its ground handling operations there, according to a state unemployment notice. https://fox8.com/news/hopkins-ground-service-provider-swissport-loses-contracts-will-lay-off-200-workers/ No word on who is taking over the ops for the airlines mentioned, but ostensibly some of these people might be of value to the new vendor?
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