Originally Posted by
nladak
Frontier is doing a decent job compared to Spirit and their Q3 earnings + PW engine problems. They're an airline focused on leisure markets, and their target audience is probably going back to worrying about student loan repayments.
If you were to switch to more of a business/corporate route, you would have to offer those bundles on third-party booking services and increase frequencies on routes where the demand likely isn't there from a leisure perspective. Also, last time I checked, domestic corporate travel has not even returned to 2019 levels.
I'm not saying to put a ton of effort into become a business airline but there is more that could be done for practically zero cost to attract some budget-conscious business pax - offer a better bundle through OTAs/corporate portals that target biz pax (seat + carryon + flexibility), and while F9 has routes that are only a few times/week, they also have dozens of routes that are 2-7x daily. Just out of PHL, there's ATL, RDU, CLT, MDW, TPA, RSW, MCO, and SJU. Yes, some are more leisure focused, but all of these destinations have decent business traffic as well. Why not angle for it, especially when they already offer a compelling schedule and price?