On top of what Walter said, you have to consider the fact that both LGA and JFK are slot controlled airports. In fact, you have to call a specific number and reserve a slot time for your arrival and departures if you are on an IFR flight plan. JFK does this for the time frame that the transatlantic traffic come and go.LGA's is full time. Also among anything else being much more expensive , the fuel prices are higher too. (Now, if they want to avoid this they can do some tankering , i.e.. load the plane up with enough fuel to do the round trip flight) BAHA Fan of calling and making a slot reservation for DCA 4 yrs ago -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of W Wilson Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 2:55 PM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: Toronto Maple Leafs flight ...FRG has various incentives to attract business by waiving/reducing the parking fee....and the airport is friendly and convenient. Fees could be a possibility why they didn't choose LGA/JFK The fee to land at any NY state airport is bad enough (they were charging for training touch and goes up to a few years ago..not sure about now. I got a bill once for about $30 for multiple landings and it wasn't even my aircraft), but at LGA and JFK there are extra fees...parking/ramp mainly which are out of this world. another possibility.....if they did choose JFK/LGA and aren't landing there is they couldn't get a reservation slot. ...also JFK has minimal FBO services. I might add...when there is a charter on a commercial airline, the notation of the airline many times becomes irrelevant and the plane is just another aircraft visiting an airport (FBO)..in this case, it is just a 737 the Maple Leafs chartered (contracted) for the right price....in AC colors ....another example, for the games at University of Florida in Gainesville, I used to see many a commercial airline parked on the FBO ramp..airlines that weren't native to GNV chartered by the visiting teams. Walter DCA ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Kroll" <DStorm13@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > hey all, > for anyone who knows hockey, the maple leafs are in the playoffs playing the > new york islanders and right now they are in the air going to Farmingdale > (FRG) on an Air canada B737-200..now what i cant figure out is how this is > good for air canada...FRG does not get any commercial service, let alone air > canada..i was just wondering why they wouldnt fly to LGA or ISP or even JFK > for that matter where they at least get some service...not to mention FRG's > longest runway is about 6500 feet...i bet those people will be surprised to > see a nice big jet coming in when they are used to very light traffic... > > doug >