Originally Posted by
lougord99
Chicago to Minneapolis was a great example. WN added something in the neighborhood of 5% additional seats, and the price for all airline dropped somewhere in the neighborhood of half.
Wow, that's interesting. MSP is still somewhat expensive to fly to on WN, atleast from the east coast. Without BWI, everyone from the east coast has to go through MDW or STL.
I suppose prior to WN servicing MDW-MSP, routes between MSP-Chicago were just hub-city, with the service intended more for business travelers..who will pay high fares, and international connections, with little intention to stimulate demand by luring in VFR/leisure, by offering a sale or low fare between the two cities.