Originally Posted by
bridge29
The ILG plane was being used to do MDT-MCO for a while over the summer, I think.
I think it still operates MDT-MCO on the days that ILG-ATL and ILG-MDW are not flown.
It appears that beginning on Sunday October 5, Frontier is running ILG-ATL, ILG-MDW, ILG-MCO in that order, all on the Sunday (and running it Sun, Tuesday, Thursday) and then on Monday and other days, it's ILG-MCO-MDT-MCO-ILG or something of that nature.
The outbound ILG-ATL flights aren't doing so hot, like Sunday's flight is still $56 one-way and $52 return for Tuesday. The return flight on Sunday is actually selling higher.
I think the early morning nature of the 7am flight but being catered for leisure traffic (with it not being daily) means someone from Cherry Hill has to wake up at 4am, leave house at 5am to be at ILG at 6am.
Spirit's ACY-ATL flight runs daily until November 1 (resumes in March) and that flight is running in the afternoon. For Sunday's flight, it's fared at $92.
Atleast for ATL flights, it's difficult comparing Frontier's fares to Southwest, US and Delta at PHL since those carriers all run hubs and price very differently, not necessarily intended to fill the planes and on local O/D.
Frontier's TTN-ATL is also close to daily but operates in the morning and it looks like Frontier is getting better fares, over the other two: ILG-ATL, ACY-ATL (from Spirit).
I wouldn't be surprised if TTN-ATL gets some Central NJ commuter traffic especially for those that might be using EWR otherwise but avoiding the early morning hassle.