Originally Posted by
knope2001
From what I've heard, the business routes -- especially the ones where FL* is ended -- may get added capacity if demand and fares are strong enough, but that's a wait-and-see circumstance. As E145 come out of CO* service, they have some flexibility. They want to see how much increased fares affect traffic before they consider adding capacity.
That makes sense. I was spot checking fares a few days ago and was still seeing sub-$100 fares (o/w) MKE-PIT well after September 6, so I don't think they have formulated how they are going to respond to the OO removal, but one would think they'll start pushing these fares up slightly to see where the demand curve is.
Originally Posted by
BlueHorseShoe2000
Since Republic began restoring the former Midwest network, we've seen BDL, RDU, ATL, SDF, SFO, and LAX come and go. It appears as if CUN is not returning, either.
At least they've followed through in trying to restore some of these. Maybe we'll see them again in the future if things ever stabilize.
Originally Posted by
BlueHorseShoe2000
How many flights will MKE have on peak days come September? It would be interesting to see how much they've cut back in DEN and MCI this fall as well.
I don't think they've had too many cutbacks in DEN or MCI. I know there were some frequency adjustments to some West coast markets but I don't think any routes have been discontinued. I do wonder if in the future if MKE fares normalize and DEN continues to go south if they would shift some of the connecting capacity to MKE.