Charter Or Commercial

NT91 · October 6, 2007

When NT travels, do they go on a commercial plane or charter?

Edited October 6, 2007 by NT91

NT80 · October 6, 2007

When NT travels, do they go on a commercial plane or charter?

They probably charter if flying but could be taking the bus to ULL.

OldTimer · October 6, 2007

They probably charter if flying but could be taking the bus to ULL.

I was talking with one of the coaches yesterday on the phone and he had to leave to catch the bus...so NT players went by bus yesterday.

NTPhiKap99 · October 6, 2007

I was talking with one of the coaches yesterday on the phone and he had to leave to catch the bus...so NT players went by bus yesterday.

Are you sure that wasn't just a bus to the airport. Lafayette is 6hrs speeding in a car I'd assume it's at least 7hrs by bus.

SUMG · October 6, 2007

NTPhi Kap is correct---they flew down there on a SW Airlines charter. So, as he said....the bus must have just been to the airport.

JayDub · October 7, 2007

It was Southwest Airlines Flight 8034. There's all the info.

MeanGreengdub · October 7, 2007

It was Southwest Airlines Flight 8034. There's all the info.

Just curious...how do you know that??

JayDub · October 7, 2007

Just curious...how do you know that??

Powers of deduction.

Southwest doesn't run scheduled service to Lafayette and, last I checked, Southwest uses 8000-series flight numbers for charter operations. Seeing how it's a charter flight number to a city that sees no regular service from Southwest, flying on the day that the team would leave, and it was the only Southwest flight going to LFT that day...I figure that's it.

You can learn alot from flight numbers. Each airline has their own way of numbering supplemental flights. I know Delta and Northwest use 9000's for charters.

For example, at my airline, we use 1000 series numbers for ferry flights and 9000 series numbers for "extra sections" (flights where we've added an extra flight to a city pair due to an earlier cancellation or possible weight restrictions that would require us to leave passengers and bags behind). 1900-, 3000-, and 4000- series indicate our flights for Delta Air Lines. If you really want to get technical, 1900- series numbers are reserved for east coast flights on CRJ-900 aircraft. 5000- and 6000- series numbers are reserved for our United Airlines flights, and 2500-2800 series numbers are for our Midwest Airlines flights. We don't really do many charters anymore, but I believe we also use 8000 series numbers for those flights.

There is a website somewhere out there that lists the week's airline sports charters...kinda find the link though. Airline Geekiness at it's best!

Oh...and it looks like our team got the hell outta there after the loss. Southwest Airlines Flight 8234*

*(color me impressed that they made it to 40,000 ft. on a 53 minute flight. Guess I'm just used to regional jets.)

Edited October 7, 2007 by JayDub

NT91 · October 8, 2007

Powers of deduction.
Southwest doesn't run scheduled service to Lafayette and, last I checked, Southwest uses 8000-series flight numbers for charter operations. Seeing how it's a charter flight number to a city that sees no regular service from Southwest, flying on the day that the team would leave, and it was the only Southwest flight going to LFT that day...I figure that's it.
You can learn alot from flight numbers. Each airline has their own way of numbering supplemental flights. I know Delta and Northwest use 9000's for charters.
For example, at my airline, we use 1000 series numbers for ferry flights and 9000 series numbers for "extra sections" (flights where we've added an extra flight to a city pair due to an earlier cancellation or possible weight restrictions that would require us to leave passengers and bags behind). 1900-, 3000-, and 4000- series indicate our flights for Delta Air Lines. If you really want to get technical, 1900- series numbers are reserved for east coast flights on CRJ-900 aircraft. 5000- and 6000- series numbers are reserved for our United Airlines flights, and 2500-2800 series numbers are for our Midwest Airlines flights. We don't really do many charters anymore, but I believe we also use 8000 series numbers for those flights.
There is a website somewhere out there that lists the week's airline sports charters...kinda find the link though. Airline Geekiness at it's best!
Oh...and it looks like our team got the hell outta there after the loss. Southwest Airlines Flight 8234*
*(color me impressed that they made it to 40,000 ft. on a 53 minute flight. Guess I'm just used to regional jets.)

That is correct. They did go on S.W. I have a friend that works as a traffic controller for S.W.

Did they depart on Friday?

Edited October 8, 2007 by NT91

JayDub · October 8, 2007

Did they depart on Friday?

Yes.

Friday, Oct 05, 2007

Departure - 04:07PM CDT (time airborne)

Arrival - 04:56PM CDT

Edited October 8, 2007 by JayDub

Censored by Laurie · October 8, 2007

JayDub...I know what you do for a living and all...but damn...thats still kinda creepy

JayDub · October 8, 2007

JayDub...I know what you do for a living and all...but damn...thats still kinda creepy

Yeah, well...I'm an airline operations geek. It just kinda comes with the territory. The more I know, the faster I move up.

FlightAware.com is an airline geek's dream. CbL, ever wonder where that plane that just flew overhead came from?

Looks like the John Deere execs are in town...

And for the Red Sox...a chartered Delta 767 back to Boston last night.

Edited October 8, 2007 by JayDub

GoMeanGreen1999 · October 8, 2007

Powers of deduction.
Southwest doesn't run scheduled service to Lafayette and, last I checked, Southwest uses 8000-series flight numbers for charter operations. Seeing how it's a charter flight number to a city that sees no regular service from Southwest, flying on the day that the team would leave, and it was the only Southwest flight going to LFT that day...I figure that's it.
You can learn alot from flight numbers. Each airline has their own way of numbering supplemental flights. I know Delta and Northwest use 9000's for charters.
For example, at my airline, we use 1000 series numbers for ferry flights and 9000 series numbers for "extra sections" (flights where we've added an extra flight to a city pair due to an earlier cancellation or possible weight restrictions that would require us to leave passengers and bags behind). 1900-, 3000-, and 4000- series indicate our flights for Delta Air Lines. If you really want to get technical, 1900- series numbers are reserved for east coast flights on CRJ-900 aircraft. 5000- and 6000- series numbers are reserved for our United Airlines flights, and 2500-2800 series numbers are for our Midwest Airlines flights. We don't really do many charters anymore, but I believe we also use 8000 series numbers for those flights.
There is a website somewhere out there that lists the week's airline sports charters...kinda find the link though. Airline Geekiness at it's best!
Oh...and it looks like our team got the hell outta there after the loss. Southwest Airlines Flight 8234*
*(color me impressed that they made it to 40,000 ft. on a 53 minute flight. Guess I'm just used to regional jets.)

That bit of info is some of the most informative info I have read on a single post in quite some time. I know so little about the airlines, and that is pretty interesting stuff. Thanks.

Edited October 8, 2007 by GoMeanGreen1999