Omaha Eppley Airfield

Post by **Brad** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:18 am

I always thought ConAgra had a Fleet of Corporate jets that used the East Side, not the main terminal?

Ryan Air · Post by **Ryan Air** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:53 am

they do {use the other side of the airport and not the main terminal}... and the OAA was scheduled to discuss that leased space either in November or December (along with that of UP) - According to OAA website meeting agenda section.

I was speaking to the impact on ticketed passenger travel. I just cannot imagine the business travel done via airline for Con Agra would be so significant as to delay or cancel the project. I am 80% sure its incorrect (the reason for the delay/cancellation), but the source said the delay was confirmed according to what they've heard. *The source was not aware that I was using them as a source and the source works for OAA, but not in a leadership, supervisor capacity and typically is not involved with these projects... but the access is there.

Just thought I would see if anyone knew anything different or they had heard anything similar. I have been reading this forum for years and years, first time poster... so I know there are some resourceful people on here when it comes to this topic.

joleo · Post by **joleo** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:05 pm

Frontier just announced today they are bringing back seasonal flights to Orlando.

Flights begin middle of February and run through the beginning of April. Flights are 4 days a week on Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday. Prices look cheap!

This will make 3 airlines serving Orlando:

Frontier - 4x per week during February and March described above
Southwest - Saturday only except during the months when it operates 7 days a week. (prices look more expensive)
Allegiant Airlines - Every Sunday and Thursday, all year long. (they are really cheap too some days - only $50 each way!)

Omaha_corn_burner · Post by **Omaha_corn_burner** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:28 pm

Frontier flies non-stop, however they charge $35 for a carry on each way and $30 for a checked bag each way. Assigned seats cost extra. If you decide to carry on or check a bag when you arrive at the airport, it costs more. Drinks and snacks cost extra.

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:04 pm

Omaha_corn_burner wrote:Frontier flies non-stop, however they charge $35 for a carry on each way and $30 for a checked bag each way. Assigned seats cost extra. If you decide to carry on or check a bag when you arrive at the airport, it costs more. Drinks and snacks cost extra.

Allegiant is very similar with their "add-on" costs.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 8:07 am

Allegiant is very similar with their "add-on" costs.

Allegiant and Spirit would charge you for the seatbelt if they could get away with it!

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 9:25 am

Uffda wrote:
Omaha_corn_burner wrote:Frontier flies non-stop, however they charge $35 for a carry on each way and $30 for a checked bag each way. Assigned seats cost extra. If you decide to carry on or check a bag when you arrive at the airport, it costs more. Drinks and snacks cost extra.
Allegiant is very similar with their "add-on" costs.

Although I will say they were cheaper than Southwest this past Christmas time even with all the fees.

jjjjhskr · Post by **jjjjhskr** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 12:15 pm

Has anyone heard/seen an update on the Eppley master plan for a new terminal building? Both terminals are so crowded that
you can barely move during peak hours and it's getting worse. The new parking garage being built I believe is being done in advance of the terminal being built.

joleo · Post by **joleo** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:11 pm

Omababe wrote:
Allegiant is very similar with their "add-on" costs.
Allegiant and Spirit would charge you for the seatbelt if they could get away with it!

Allegiant has very cheap fares and then they charge you for what you use. My best friend flew Allegiant to come back to the Michigan St Nebraska game from Orlando to Omaha on Allegiant. He didn't pick a seat, brought a backpack that went under the seat (free), and didn't buy anything on board. His total flight roundtrip was less than $120 bucks total! Not a bad deal. He said flight was 50% full one direction and completely full the other direction.

Another friend and two couples (4 total people), flew for $108 roundtrip to Orlando in early December for a wedding. Then they drove to a wedding in Miami. They had to check one bag per couple so that was an extra $30 each but $138 roundtrip was perfect for them! The other airlines were all $350 or more they said and they wouldn't have been able to afford to go if Allegiant hadn't come to Omaha.

Nickel and Diming is great...I love it if the fares are low...pay for only what you need and not anything else.

What gets me is United, Delta and American all charge for bags and the ticket prices are still outrageous! Allegiant and Frontier, tickets are cheap then only use what you need.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:22 pm

Has anyone else actually mailed their things ahead of time, or am I the only cheapskate here...

Post by **BRoss** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:24 pm

Coyote wrote:Has anyone else actually mailed their things ahead of time, or am I the only cheapskate here...

Never thought of that!

Ryan Air · Post by **Ryan Air** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:31 pm

I was at the airport very late last night due to the very delayed flight of someone I was picking up...so I decided to take a few quick cell phone pics of the American Airlines ticket counter at Eppley. I also grabbed the American Airlines curbside sign and customer service kiosk.

Ryan Air · Post by **Ryan Air** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:35 pm

oh yeah ... the customer service kiosk and going up to the gates

daveoma · Post by **daveoma** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:44 pm

Coyote wrote:Has anyone else actually mailed their things ahead of time, or am I the only cheapskate here...

How do you do that?

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:05 pm

daveoma wrote:
Coyote wrote:Has anyone else actually mailed their things ahead of time, or am I the only cheapskate here...
How do you do that?

Boxes. I have tons of shoe boxes of every size. Find shoe boxes that fit your standard shipping box in an organized way... Just put in what you need for the week(s), with clothes, keep the weight down, USPS to a local person/place you know... Pack it back up before you leave and have them USPS it back to your home. You have to have your "travel bags" of extra stuff, e.g. Shampoo, shaving cream, under garments prepared before hand. I have it all down to an art form. Call ahead to your hotel to get addresses secured... In the final analysis all you are left with is a mini packing tape... I go with return labels already made...

daveoma · Post by **daveoma** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:21 am

Coyote wrote:
daveoma wrote:
Coyote wrote:Has anyone else actually mailed their things ahead of time, or am I the only cheapskate here...
How do you do that?
Boxes. I have tons of shoe boxes of every size. Find shoe boxes that fit your standard shipping box in an organized way... Just put in what you need for the week(s), with clothes, keep the weight down, USPS to a local person/place you know... Pack it back up before you leave and have them USPS it back to your home. You have to have your "travel bags" of extra stuff, e.g. Shampoo, shaving cream, under garments prepared before hand. I have it all down to an art form. Call ahead to your hotel to get addresses secured... In the final analysis all you are left with is a mini packing tape... I go with return labels already made...

How do you do it on the cheap? We're talking about 20-30 pounds of stuff..doesn't that cost like $50 or so?

Omaha_corn_burner · Post by **Omaha_corn_burner** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:49 am

Coyote wrote:Has anyone else actually mailed their things ahead of time, or am I the only cheapskate here...

I did once on an around the world trip. I didnt want to carry my winter coat in the tropics, so I just mailed my coat to my cold weather destination. It was a bit rough landing in snowy weather and having to find my way to the hotel without a jacket though.

Omaha_corn_burner · Post by **Omaha_corn_burner** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:50 am

daveoma wrote:
Coyote wrote:
daveoma wrote:
Coyote wrote:Has anyone else actually mailed their things ahead of time, or am I the only cheapskate here...
How do you do that?
Boxes. I have tons of shoe boxes of every size. Find shoe boxes that fit your standard shipping box in an organized way... Just put in what you need for the week(s), with clothes, keep the weight down, USPS to a local person/place you know... Pack it back up before you leave and have them USPS it back to your home. You have to have your "travel bags" of extra stuff, e.g. Shampoo, shaving cream, under garments prepared before hand. I have it all down to an art form. Call ahead to your hotel to get addresses secured... In the final analysis all you are left with is a mini packing tape... I go with return labels already made...
How do you do it on the cheap? We're talking about 20-30 pounds of stuff..doesn't that cost like $50 or so?

Flat rate priority is only about $13

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:11 pm

Wow what a pain in the |expletive|, I'm so glad I never have to pay for not deal with any of that.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:49 pm

Modest increase in passenger numbers. 50K increase. Still not to the 4.2 number.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:55 pm

Looks like 2007 is still the top year with 4,421,274.

OmahaOmaha · Post by **OmahaOmaha** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:12 pm

American Airlines is going to offer daily non-stop flights to LA beginning June 2nd.

blueblood · Post by **blueblood** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:27 pm

seasonal or year round? Which airport?

OmahaOmaha · Post by **OmahaOmaha** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:41 pm

Year round daily flights start June 2. Flights leave Omaha at 7:30 a.m. and arrive at LAX, at 8:50 a.m. It will leave LAX at 6:18 p.m. and arrive in Omaha at 11:18 p.m.

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:02 pm

Airbus A319

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:05 pm

Coyote wrote:Airbus A319

I thought Coyote flew G650s.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:13 am

OmahaOmaha wrote:American Airlines is going to offer daily non-stop flights to LA beginning June 2nd.

Great news!

Southwest supposedly has non stop to LAX but it seems I always get laid over in Denver.

Now I hope it will be on real full size planes not the itty bitty ones that usually fly to Houston

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:47 am

MTO wrote:
Coyote wrote:Airbus A319
I thought Coyote flew G650s.

Virgin Galactic

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:13 pm

I caught wind from a friend who flew Eppley a couple of days ago that signage now states it is "Omaha Eppley International Airfield".. Can anyone collaborate and verify this to be true?...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:21 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote:I caught wind from a friend who flew Eppley a couple of days ago that signage now states it is "Omaha Eppley International Airfield".. Can anyone collaborate and verify this to be true?...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

I know Jeff on Grow Omaha loathes the "airfirld" I think we should keep it it's kind of one of those ironic names like parkway.

Post by **BRoss** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:50 pm

MTO wrote:it's kind of one of those ironic names like parkway.

Someone had to be messing with people when they came up with parkway and driveway...

Omaha_corn_burner · Post by **Omaha_corn_burner** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:03 pm

Omababe wrote:Southwest supposedly has non stop to LAX but it seems I always get laid over in Denver.

seasonal

joleo · Post by **joleo** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:46 pm

Omaha_corn_burner wrote:
Omababe wrote:Southwest supposedly has non stop to LAX but it seems I always get laid over in Denver.
seasonal

Southwest flies nonstop OMA-LAX starting in early June and ending in the middle of August. It's possible with American entering the market year-round that Southwest will either also try to fly it year round or they will not come back seasonally in summer 2017, depending how this summer does with both flying the route. Only time will tell.

joleo · Post by **joleo** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:28 pm

Service on Omaha to Seattle on Alaska airlines switches to a Boeing 737-800 that has first class and holds 163 seats vs currently flown on a cr7 with no first class and only 70 seats. This is a huge difference and should bring down fares on the route. This starts June 5th! Nice!!!

Really only route Omaha is now missing is san Francisco on united. Come on United, get your act together!!!

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:14 pm

joleo wrote:Service on Omaha to Seattle on Alaska airlines switches to a Boeing 737-800 that has first class and holds 163 seats vs currently flown on a cr7 with no first class and only 70 seats. This is a huge difference and should bring down fares on the route. This starts June 5th! Nice!!!!!!

Very nice. Any confirmation on the singage at Eppley being "Omaha Eppley International Airfield"?...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 8:41 pm

Eppley's retail gallery will get a $100k remodel, anyone know what this will entail?

Athomsfere · Post by **Athomsfere** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:10 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Very nice. Any confirmation on the singage at Eppley being "Omaha Eppley International Airfield"?...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

I'm gonna go with no:

Traffic is decent (more than Tulsa, OKC, , but:
1) No Customs
2) No International Flights
3) I can't find any even sort of official places calling it "International".

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 8:56 am

A pilot friend of mine says that technically, both Eppley and Millard are "international airports" since it's legal to land international traffic at both of them.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:24 pm

Thanks for the feedback on that one guys..

One of my friends stated she saw the signage referencing "International" when she flew back into town in January. I'll be flying to LA at some point towards the end of summer. I'll try to confirm if it's true with my own eyes (and iPhone camera)

...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:45 am

I fly in/out of Eppley at least once a month and I haven't seen any signage. Of course I'm not really looking for it. I'll look closer next week.