Originally Posted by
davywavy
I'm not sure that ABE could ever have become what TTN has - I think all Florida would have been good from there, but I''m not sure about non-Florida. Still and all, I hope they can find a way to restore ABE-MCO.
How did F9 perform on GSO-MCO? Any chance it'd be restored?
The GSO-MCO distance is closer to than the MDT-MCO or ABE-MCO distance. There maybe more driving than flying from North Carolina to Orlando which hurts air prospects, but RDU-MCO has 3x daily on Southwest and service from Delta. Allegiant still flies GSO-SFB.
Frontier could probably compete with Allegiant most easily since Allegiant flies to SFB and sells more like in inclusive vacation package that many might not want, atleast at ABE and maybe few other cities.
I wonder if Frontier will jump in on some MCO flying directly against Southwest or JetBlue. Maybe not at BWI against Southwest, or BOS against JetBlue, but an airport like SWF against JetBlue.
JetBlue has a token MCO flight service and token FLL flight. Would JetBlue even defend if Frontier operated an MCO flight also, and maybe Frontier added a TPA flight. I'd guess it'd also offer MDW, ATL and IAD and a few other cities. It would be interesting to see.
Against Southwest, I was thinking PIT. PIT might be a bigger undertaking than ABE, but it would be more rewarding if Frontier established themselves like it's doing in CLE, and it's capable for more ULCC competition, although Southwest operates 5x daily on PIT-MCO.