Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns - June 2011 T100 stats (onboard loads)

Here are onboard loads for the eastern division of Frontier, plus some select competitors. As always, remember that onboard load is only half the picture when trying to guess relative performance, as it says little about fare and traffic composition.

Markets flown primarily by Airbus or EJet
As has been discussed before, Republic does not tally thru passengers in their onboard loads, leading to notable diferrences in directional load factors in certain markets with notable traffic where thru flights operated.
93.8% ….. MCI ….. BOS
93.7% ….. MKE ….. SAN
93.1% ….. MKE ….. MCO
91.9% ….. MKE ….. DEN
91.7% ….. MKE ….. LAS
91.6% ….. MKE ….. SFO
91.5% ….. OMA ….. LAX …..96.3% one direction, 87.1% the other
91.1% ….. MCI ….. SEA
89.9% ….. MKE ….. LAX
89.1% ….. MCI ….. SFO …..96.3% one direction, 82.2% the other
89.0% ….. MKE ….. DFW
88.9% ….. OMA ….. DCA
87.3% ….. MKE ….. LGA
86.3% ….. MCI ….. LAX …..91.3% one direction, 81.3% the other
85.0% ….. MCI ….. DCA
84.5% ….. MKE ….. PHX
83.8% ….. MKE ….. SEA
82.9% ….. MKE ….. SAT
82.8% ….. MKE ….. MCI
82.3% ….. MKE ….. DCA
81.9% ….. MCI ….. MSY …..84.4% one direction, 79.4% the other
81.6% ….. MKE ….. BOS
80.7% ….. MCI ….. LGA
79.0% ….. MCI ….. AUS …..90.1% one direction, 67.6% the other
78.9% ….. MCI ….. SAT …..90.7% one direction, 67.0% the other
76.8% ….. MKE ….. PIE
71.1% ….. OMA ….. SAN …..87.3% one direction, 54.9% the other
59.9% ….. MCI ….. MSP

Markets primarily flown by RJ
91.8% ….. MKE ….. EWR
90.3% ….. MKE ….. PHL
89.7% ….. MKE ….. BDL
89.0% ….. MKE ….. BNA
88.8% ….. MKE ….. PIT
85.7% ….. MKE ….. OMA
84.0% ….. MKE ….. CMH
84.0% ….. MKE ….. MSP
82.9% ….. MKE ….. STL
82.3% ….. MKE ….. IND
81.2% ….. MKE ….. DSM
80.5% ….. MKE ….. FNT
78.0% ….. MKE ….. CLE
74.4% ….. MKE ….. MSN
72.9% ….. MKE ….. GRR
71.6% ….. MKE ….. SDF
69.5% ….. MKE ….. RHI
68.9% ….. MKE ….. DAY
68.3% ….. MKE ….. RDU
62.6% ….. MKE ….. MBL
54.2% ….. MKE ….. ATW
53.4% ….. MKE ….. GRB


AirTran
93.7% ….. MKE ….. LGA
92.6% ….. MKE ….. TPA
91.7% ….. MKE ….. RSW
90.6% ….. MKE ….. SFO
89.7% ….. MKE ….. FLL
89.6% ….. MKE ….. LAX
88.6% ….. MKE ….. BOS
87.6% ….. MKE ….. MCO
87.5% ….. MKE ….. DCA
86.5% ….. MKE ….. PHX
86.3% ….. MKE ….. SEA
84.1% ….. MKE ….. LAS
84.0% ….. MKE ….. MSP
82.9% ….. MKE ….. ATL
82.3% ….. MKE ….. DEN
74.8% ….. MKE ….. BWI
74.6% ….. MKE ….. SRQ
55.1% ….. MKE ….. MSY

Skywest FL*
86.1% ….. MKE ….. OMA
83.0% ….. MKE ….. PIT
75.3% ….. MKE ….. IND
65.3% ….. MKE ….. DSM
63.9% ….. MKE ….. STL
63.3% ….. MKE ….. CAK

American
86.6% ….. MKE ….. DFW

Southwest
90.6% ….. MKE ….. LAS
90.5% ….. MKE ….. MCO
87.7% ….. MKE ….. PHX
83.6% ….. MKE ….. MCI
80.7% ….. MKE ….. BWI
78.9% ….. MKE ….. TPA

DL* Kansas City/Omaha
89.3% ….. MCI ….. BOS
89.0% ….. OMA ….. DCA
86.3% ….. MCI ….. LAX
85.6% ….. MCI ….. AUS
83.6% ….. MCI ….. MSY
81.0% ….. MCI ….. CMH

Is it me or does it seem that WN is doing a lot better in MKE load wise?

Depends on how you look at it. Onboard load factor has improved in several markets

Southwest
90.6% ….. MKE ….. LAS.....was 79.7% in 2010 but FL load factor down 10.9 points from 95.0% to 84.1%
90.5% ….. MKE ….. MCO....was 78.8% in 2010 but 50% cut in seats
87.7% ….. MKE ….. PHX.....was 88.8% in 2010
83.6% ….. MKE ….. MCI.....was 66.1% in 2010 but 33% cut in seats
80.7% ….. MKE ….. BWI.....was 72.3% in 2010 but FL load factor down 8.4 points from 83.2% to 74.8%
78.9% ….. MKE ….. TPA.....was 84.0% in 2010

So they are definitely flying fewer empty seats on WN, but that largely is coming from reduced capacity or from pulling pax away from AirTran. With no link yet between FL and WN (no code sharing, cross branding, joint FF program, etc) I doubt very many FL loyalists moved to WN because they will eventually become one. Rather, I think that as awareness of WN has increased in Milwaukee they are having better penetration in some of their markets, and in most of these markets their big competitor is AirTran.

Doesn't DL fly MCI-LGA too? I'm shocked how high the load factors are on MCI-BOS for both F9 and DL.

Yup, Delta does fly MCI-LGA...I just didn't include MCI-LGA because it wasn't among the new markets what DL launched in Kansas City.

DL* was 81.7% full for the month on MCI-LGA / LGA-MCI.

Have not posted Denver loads in awhile...here they are for June:

96.4% ….. DEN ….. RSW
95.9% ….. DEN ….. TPA
95.6% ….. DEN ….. LGA
95.4% ….. DEN ….. DCA
95.3% ….. DEN ….. DSM
95.3% ….. DEN ….. IND
95.2% ….. DEN ….. SDF
95.1% ….. DEN ….. PHL
95.0% ….. DEN ….. MCO
94.7% ….. DEN ….. BNA
94.7% ….. DEN ….. FLL
94.4% ….. DEN ….. DTW
94.4% ….. DEN ….. SMF
94.1% ….. DEN ….. PDX
94.0% ….. DEN ….. PHF
93.2% ….. DEN ….. SFO
93.1% ….. DEN ….. OKC
93.1% ….. DEN ….. BKG
93.0% ….. DEN ….. MSY
92.6% ….. DEN ….. MSP
92.6% ….. DEN ….. STL
92.6% ….. DEN ….. TYS
92.4% ….. DEN ….. CAK
91.9% ….. DEN ….. SEA
91.9% ….. DEN ….. MKE
91.4% ….. DEN ….. DAY
91.2% ….. DEN ….. ATL
91.1% ….. DEN ….. MSN
90.6% ….. DEN ….. LAS
90.2% ….. DEN ….. FAI
89.8% ….. DEN ….. LAX
89.5% ….. DEN ….. BOI
89.4% ….. DEN ….. AUS
88.8% ….. DEN ….. ANC
88.5% ….. DEN ….. MDW
88.4% ….. DEN ….. SAN
87.9% ….. DEN ….. SAT
87.8% ….. DEN ….. BIL
87.6% ….. DEN ….. SNA
87.4% ….. DEN ….. GEG
86.8% ….. DEN ….. MCI
86.8% ….. DEN ….. SLC
86.0% ….. DEN ….. DFW
85.7% ….. DEN ….. PHX
85.6% ….. DEN ….. SBA
85.5% ….. DEN ….. OMA
85.3% ….. DEN ….. ICT
85.1% ….. DEN ….. HOU
84.4% ….. DEN ….. TUS
83.9% ….. DEN ….. GRR
83.9% ….. DEN ….. ABQ
82.9% ….. DEN ….. GRB
82.1% ….. DEN ….. BZN
72.1% ….. DEN ….. COS
70.8% ….. DEN ….. JAC
66.9% ….. DEN ….. DRO
46.2% ….. DEN ….. ASE
43.2% ….. DEN ….. PVU (first few days of service)