Originally Posted by
Tim34
JetBlue to MKE would be amazing. Non-stop flights to JFK, BOS, OAK and maybe Long Beach.
Spirit is a completely different thing. I lost respect for them when they started charging for carry on baggage.
JetBlue's window of opportunity to serve MKE has come and gone. They should have entered the market between 2002 and 2007 before AirTran became well established and Southwest commenced service.
Fares are low and non-stop service is robust. What do they have to offer at this point?
Lets look at some of JetBlue's key markets:
1) JFK. Milwaukee traffic is slanted heavily towards LGA. Fares are already low on the route as is. Getting passengers to switch to Kennedy would be a very tough sell.
2) BOS. Not big enough for three carriers, especially in the off season.
3) MCO. They'd be the fourth carrier on the route. Frontier, AirTran, and Southwest have or will be reducing capacity.
4) FLL. They'd be the third carrier on a route that can barely support year-round service as is.
If JetBlue did begin MKE service, flights to the West Coast would be highly unlikely, especially to secondary airports like OAK and LGB.