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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 3:08 pm
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Originally Posted by CitrusMCO
I don't get it...I was looking to go to FPO at some point and the flights seemed to be perpetually full, at least for the dates when I was looking. They should be expanding their Caribbean flying, not closing their lone Caribbean destination. I don't understand why JetBlue can fly to several destinations in the Caribbean, but AirTran seemingly can't. What's the deal here?
I agree. Even when this route flew from BWI it was full. Not sure if they need the aircraft on other markets or if this is seasonal. Why can Spirit and JetBlue make the Caribbean a go but AirTran can't?
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