Dear Samana1.
Thank you soooooo much for this polite way to explain me that I am stupid. Actually I've seen the map, I know where SDQ is located. That was not my question at all, you did not understand the whole point
I am wondering why are they so sure that it's needed, you say that all people in South America want to fly with stopover in SDQ, it seems like they are eager to do it, perhaps strike in Venezuela is about flying with stopover here, well it is easy to say so. You tried to convience me lately that everyone wants to fly on BQ, I believe in facts, economic statistics and digits. Allow me to inform you that flying with stopovers is a higher price for operations, on the other hand SDQ airport is not a hub, it has no hub infrastructure yet. There are no such a flight as 15 hours from South America to Europe. BUE-MAD operated by 747 is less than 12 hours. Remember that all flights that depart to Europe are scheduled to leave between 6 PM and 11 PM, so is it so cool to land the plane at SDQ like at 3 AM, will passengers thank you for it?
You know, the statitsics say that passengers like to fly on direct flights, if you don't know the reason of existence for hub - I'll tell you. It exists to help people to get better connections. For example if we don't have direct flights SDQ LAX SDQ because there is no such a demand, we use MIA as a hub for AA, any passenger that arrive to MIA can use a connection to get to any destinations served by AA from MIA. So it is not about resting in airports like SDQ, it is about connections.
To be able to fill the plane SDQ LON for example, MX should have like 7-10 destinations to be operated from SDQ to South America, remember that all these cities must be served the day when Transatlantic segment is operated, so how many planes are we using? If there is a such a high demand for that route from there they can do it. But in the reality if there is a demand there is a service offered, aviation is not Aeromar, it was not established in November 2002
ONLY A HUGE AIRLINE WITH MANY DAILY FLIGHTS AND MANY DESTINATIONS can organize a HUB! Nobody cares about what does passenger wants, it is all about money. The era of hubs is in the past, today all airlines work in alliances. Any Lan Chile passenger can arrive to MIA and then from there use any AA flight, the fare, schedule and all the process will be as if he is flying on the same airline. All connections now are based on ALLIANCES.
I am not talking about Aviation History of Dominican Rep, before planes such A340 didn't exist, the market is changing, the way to fly is changing too.
Remember that Mexicana is a part of STAR ALIANCE, MX has fares to points she never flies, but they can sell MEX-DUS anytime and for cheap, the stopover in MIA and then LH will carry the passenger. Fare basis is agreed between two carriers.
So if you want to have a HUB here, call the alliances and construct the descent terminal for connections.
HUBS are in pre-history now, who will have a double job when one flight from Panama for example will be delayed and 200 passengers will be already onboard of the plane SDQ LON, hum?
Samana, please start thinking about aviation as a descent manager, not as an amateur fan.
Thank you for your attn.
I would like to ask professionals to review my opinion, I'll be gladt to see some views.
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Mexicana's ambition to create a Hub in SDQ
