Originally Posted by prhs1989
According to a.net, PIT and RIC are struggling. RIC doesn't surprise me, but I thought that they said that PIT's initial bookings were strong? That is a market that I thought would be doing very well.
On a side note, according to multiple people on a.net, it seems that the marketing department is slacking in the newer markets. Apparently, there has next to nil marketing at BNA, and it is not much better at PIT. What's going on?
RIC is a very strong US and DL flyer base, and the fact that US has flooded the LGA-RIC route with frequencies and DL is on the JFK-RIC route, it's going to be tough for B6 to steal market share from anyone but leisure travellers. US is even competing on walkup fares on this route. And while, yes, B6 flights are more pleasant, who cares about that for such a short flight?