Originally Posted by
davywavy
All true. ILG-MDW went down to 2 x daily because of reduced winter demand, but that is very common with Frontier's model. Winter - Q1 - has always been the financial pits, which is why they moved into TTN and ILG (and now CLE) to cash in on the lucrative snowbird/Florida market.
I think that's why I don't see ILG-DTW being a year round route, because if ILG-MDW was just 2x weekly in the winter, ILG-DTW with Detroit being a smaller city and less destinational, might not be capable of even that. And it'd be self competing with TTN-DTW during reduced winter demand. But Frontier didn't use the word "seasonal", but we'll find out I suppose.
Now, ILG-ATL I could see possibility of attempting to be year round, even if not daily, but jointly with TTN-ATL. F9 keeping low fare pressure on PHL-ATL, using ILG-ATL and TTN-ATL, might siphon on PHL-ATL from those that used to use AirTran, while Southwest tries to figure out it's place on the route.
Also weather wise, if it's like 35 degrees in PHL/ILG, 22 in DTW, and 52 in ATL, ATL is worthy for a getaway. It's not quite Florida, but it's the largest market in the Southeast and there is good VFR and events going on. If made close to daily, there would be business pax possibly supporting it.