Originally Posted by
snic
Interestingly, the trans-con fares (e.g., HPN-ORD-SFO) are not terribly much more than, for instance, JFK-SFO. The bottom line is that there is a healthy demand for flights out of HPN, but the supply is low, and the LCC presence is weak. (From HPN, JetBlue can get you neither to the west coast nor to a lot of other desitnations that UA reaches from HPN via ORD or IAD. AirTran can do it, and for less than UA, but the layovers in ATL are long). My guess is that people see the savings in ground transportation cost and hassle as offsetting the fare premium for flying from HPN.