Originally Posted by
iahphx
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.
I sure hope not as far as being bought by Spirit. The last thing we need is more consolidation, especially with that culture.
Using alternative airports (Orlando Sanford, ISP, Long Beach, PIE, etc.) isn't an F9 invention, but one of the problems pax often run into in these places is that car rents can ruin the deal if those are needed. Whenever you have just the 3 biggest companies there you get much worse pricing, and you can even go to 6 or 7 options and have it still pricey if they're the wrong ones.