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Old May 29, 2014, 11:00 pm
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mbluecpa
 
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Originally Posted by spin88
maybe I'm missing something (enough shale gas traffic?) but its only about 50-60 miles from LFT to Red-stick, which has much more frequent flights and is a much bigger city. This just does not make sense to me... Why would someone take a 1000 mile ride on a small RJ with 31" pitch with one flight a day????
BTR's service isn't much to write home about, and in fact on UA is actually marginally less frequent than that to/from LFT.

LFT-DEN must be hoping for O/D traffic or as a connection on an all-RJ itinerary, as I can't see many choosing a mainline-RJ connection to LFT in DEN over a similar connection in IAH. Great to see the additional service from my hometown and hope it lasts, though.
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