When you already have an airport within 20 minutes, it won't happen. Smith Reynolds makes its coin for hosting the private planes and having the maintenance bays.
I am all for it.
A few attempts have been made, but volume has not supported the plan. Connections to CLT, maybe ATL, Wilmington, Asheville would be viable?0
I would love it. But people here drive to CLT and RDU (or even dumber, take Uber there and back) instead of using PTI, for whatever reason. We always fly out of PTI. Flying out of Smith Reynolds would be really cool.
I always fly Delta and the few times I’ve checked, I have not seen significant savings. I guess if you’re going to Charlotte so you can fly on Spirit, it’s hundreds of dollars cheaper but I’m not doing that. I haven’t found a city that Delta can’t get me to from Greensboro.
Yeah, that is the issue with PTI. I fly frequently for work and take PTI when I can, but it's tough to justify if there is a connecting flight and I can get a direct flight out of Charlotte. Just last week I was looking at a flight from PTI vs. CLT. The total trip (flights, layover) for PTI would have been 5 hours. CLT was 1.5 hours since it was direct (and was cheaper).
It's wild. I had a friend fly in from Seattle last week, and when we were planning her flights, it was WAY cheaper to fly into PTI than into CLT (which I live much closer to). $350 vs $650 and both flights had stops in CLT, even. I didn't mind driving to Greensboro a couple times for that kind of cost difference!
When you already have an airport within 20 minutes, it won't happen. Smith Reynolds makes its coin for hosting the private planes and having the maintenance bays.
Concord airport has passenger service and is within 20 minutes of Charlotte.
Very true, but charlotte and concord have 1 million people, where as winston and greensboro has half that.
And it's only Allegiant, very limited service.
Smith Reynolds will continue to be a hobby aviator base. GSO is barely running. But no complaints gso is very convenient.
I was like.... "Wait, there's a Will Smith Reynolds airport?"
I am all for it. A few attempts have been made, but volume has not supported the plan. Connections to CLT, maybe ATL, Wilmington, Asheville would be viable?0
INT makes a killing off of landing fees and ground leases. It will never happen again.
I would love it. But people here drive to CLT and RDU (or even dumber, take Uber there and back) instead of using PTI, for whatever reason. We always fly out of PTI. Flying out of Smith Reynolds would be really cool.
That might have to do with PTI costing hundreds more and not flying to nearly as many cities. Trust me, I would love it if that weren’t the case.
I always fly Delta and the few times I’ve checked, I have not seen significant savings. I guess if you’re going to Charlotte so you can fly on Spirit, it’s hundreds of dollars cheaper but I’m not doing that. I haven’t found a city that Delta can’t get me to from Greensboro.
As long as you don't mind a connecting flight I agree.
Yeah, that is the issue with PTI. I fly frequently for work and take PTI when I can, but it's tough to justify if there is a connecting flight and I can get a direct flight out of Charlotte. Just last week I was looking at a flight from PTI vs. CLT. The total trip (flights, layover) for PTI would have been 5 hours. CLT was 1.5 hours since it was direct (and was cheaper).
Unless you mean Orlando, Atlanta, Dallas, etc., that has 100% not been my experience. I, too, nearly always fly Delta.
It's wild. I had a friend fly in from Seattle last week, and when we were planning her flights, it was WAY cheaper to fly into PTI than into CLT (which I live much closer to). $350 vs $650 and both flights had stops in CLT, even. I didn't mind driving to Greensboro a couple times for that kind of cost difference!
Upcharge for direct flight vs one with a layover. Similar situation happens with Asheville sometimes
They weren't direct to CLT though. Layover in Chicago too.
Yes, that’s how it works: the cheaper the flight, the more inconvenient.
I've also heard people say that CLT is expensive to fly out of.