Originally Posted by
MikeFromMKE
I agree, but at least F9 has the advantage of having the lowest costs on the route (well as soon as AirTran costs match WN). I think the 2x daily is enough to keep business travelers decent on the route without the massive overcapacity they had last year (3xA319). We'll see, but I hate to see them bow down to DL on yet another route.
Yes, I think 2 x daily is a good idea.
I think anything else depends on what Southwest/Airtran does.
Not to offend anyone at MKE but it is difficult for me to believe that some of the (Airtran) MKE slots at LGA and DCA could not be more profitably used elsewhere.
But this Delta/US slot swap is producing some interesting stuff. As it stands at the moment, I believe there are to be two or three adjustments to the retaliation routes that Delta started at MCI - I'll be keeping my eye on AUS and MSY. :-)
DCA-OMA is already gone from the Delta schedules by the end of the first week in January. I suppose US could pick that route up, but maybe not.
davy