Originally Posted by
BlueHorseShoe2000
A major victory for Frontier would be establishing a codeshare/frequent flier agreement with an airline like American, U.S. Airways or even Virgin Atlantic. Icelandair...not so much.
While a codeshare with Icelandair would be a start, a potential double connection with a stop in a second tier airport is hardly the most attractive option available. It would probably attract low yield junk traffic. While it might help Icelandair fill seats, the traffic probably won't be very lucrative.
Frontier needs an option that benefits the entire network and appeals to a wide variety of passengers.
Surely one of the major networks would be preferred, but that doesn't look like much of an option for F9. Most of the major international carriers already have partners in the US that cover more destinations than F9. FI doesn't have any major tie ups and an F9 codeshare would give them more US coverage than they already have (via Alaska and B6).
Originally Posted by
Stumblefoot
IMHO, Icelandair would need to do a code share with either UA, F9, or WN to make this route work as I just don't see much OD demand between DEN and RKV. Can they really stimulate enough US/European connecting demand to fill their plane without a codeshare, especially when we already have BA to LHR and LH to FRA from DEN?
I agree that they'll need some sort of feed to stick at DEN. WN won't because of pilot contract, so that leaves UA and F9. UA already does its own Europe flying and has plenty of partners to get people to Europe. That leaves F9 as a strong contender.