Originally Posted by
rtalk25
I have a feeling it won't. It's very driveable. I actually took advantage of a one-way car rental out of Florida deal that 's common after Spring Break through Hertz and Enterprise and maybe a few others, and flew into MCO and out of ATL, and passed the St. Augustine/UST area. UST to ATL is a little over 5 hours but it's a fast drive on six lane highways. MegaBus also services it and I saw atleast one bus during my drive. From Megabus' website, it appears between Atlanta and Jacksonville, it goes without stops too.
Be that as it may, 720 ppd is the highest number for any city out of JAX, mostly by almost double, so a lot of folk aren't driving.
The other top destinations (in terms of ppd) from JAX are LGA/JFK and PHL (and Southwest to BNA). While I agree with you about UST-MDW, JAX-MDW is at 364 ppd.
More to the point, Frontier has now five routes to ATL without any retaliation by Delta, which, previously, has slaughtered any (non-DEN) attempts by Frontier to break into its hubs. Same applies to Spirit, so perhaps Delta has decided the ULCC's are no threat to its market.
The old, fiercely turf-protective Delta is still around - Delta has jumped on Sun Country's application for MSP-MZO and on PEX's PHF-ATL.
As I see it, UST would give Frontier an entry point to Florida from ATL without testing Delta's present good mood.