WIRunner

http://www.jrn.com/tmj4/news/Airplan...297792881.html

Probably won't see scheduled service at MKE for quite some time, but it would be nice.

cringle

Ouch. I hope it wasn't another one of those poop flights.

MKEflyer95

Virgin America I think could possibly be interested in offering some flights from MKE in the future as to come to think of it. But as of right now that's a pretty rare sight for MKE. But if Virgin America would have flights from MKE, the only flights they'd have go to are SFO and LAX. It would all depend on how full the Southwest flights to those places are from MKE.

It would be like if Sprit starting having flights from MKE-FLL competing with Southwest for their flights. Only problem is that Southwest doesn't serve flights on that route in the late summer and early fall so it would be most likely a seasonal route. I personally wouldn't fly Spirit in the first place but if Spirit had any flights from MKE, one of the flights would be FLL for sure.

dhuey

Oh would that be delightful, I say as a native cheesehead.

dhuey

I think VX could pull a lot of business away from Southwest, and might be able to expand the market by attracting well-healed types from the suburbs north of Chicago. For many of them, the time between stepping out of their door to entering airport security is about a wash with MKE, ORD and MDW. There isn't much traffic as they head north on I-94, and with MKE they can park and walk a short distance to the terminal.

Midwest Express {sob} used to get lots of business from this market back in the day.

GoAmtrak

You might be onto something. MKE has been really brutalized in terms of O&D availability since F9 decimated the YX network and WN retrenched FL's. If the market has indeed over-corrected, there could be an opening for VX to fill a certain niche. WN did retain MKE-SFO/LAX, but who knows...

dhuey

I'm thankful there is still a nonstop, SFO-MKE. It used to be seasonal service on Midwest Express, and for a few years there was no nonstop. I've flown on these Southwest flights; it seems like they're doing very well with them. There might be room for another nonstop on VX, especially if they can add some of those north-of-Chicago types to the market. Some of them might be willing to fly in full fare F to SFO and LAX. Probably a lot of frustrated United 1Ks in that mix.