Originally Posted by
liberty805
I agree about PHL-RDU as that was a nice route, but when AA started matching the fare, it was obvious Frontier couldn't compete. And I see now they are dropping RDU-MDT. Interesting just 2 days ago I checked the price for RDU-MDT on September 15th and it was $19. Yesterday I went to book and see that September 15th is no longer available and they are discontinuing that route as of September 5th.
The idea that there was a market for nonstop service in a large jet between Raleigh and Harrisburg strikes me as, well, ridiculous. The fact that Frontier even tried this suggests to me that they've got more airplane deliveries than markets. This is, of course, their conundrum. The hubs are where the people are, but also where the legacy carriers are. And the legacy carriers are run by management teams who are pretty sophisticated in dealing with competitors, even those with lower costs.
I still think the most likely future for Frontier is to be bought by Spirit, but that's only if Frontier is worth anything at that point.