Originally Posted by
Doppy
If they were smart, what they should do is just add an extra fee for connecting passengers to cover the cost. They only have connections at one airport, so it can't be too expensive to do this. Pax may save on taxes this way, allowing Skybus to capture more revenue without such a big impact on pax.
Well, most airlines sell connecting tickets for LESS than the 2 flight segments. For instance, someone flying JFK-ORD-DEN pays less than the cost of buying a JFK-ORD ticket AND an ORD-DEN ticket.
So SkyBus -- if it did not want to dilute revenue with connecting traffic -- could simply sell a two flight itinerary as the sum of its parts. That actually makes some sense to me -- especially for a lcc. But I don't understand why you wouldn't WANT the connecting traffic. Especially if your "hub" was Columbus which, while a fine city, is not exactly the most sought after destination in America.