A few thoughts on the Frontier network

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Sep 14, 2011 | 3:28 am

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ByrdluvsAWACO

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Originally Posted by BViPeR04

I've been thinking about this for a while.. a way to get in to northern South America and the Caribbean from a southern airport that doesn't have direct service to many of these destinations, with some feed from current F9 hubs/focus cities and some other northern and Midwestern cities.

Call me crazy or a dreamer.. .... Cough up a codeshare on Air Berlin to DUS..

Ok I will.

Seriously, you can forget about an AB/F9 codeshare with AB joining Oneworld in 2012. Also, to start a florida hub in this economy with AA, B6, and NK as your competition? Sounds like a good way to lose money. Any hub F9 starts in florida will have to survive on FL traffic only.

Sep 14, 2011 | 8:03 am

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MikeFromMKE

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Originally Posted by ByrdluvsAWACO

Ok I will.

You are absolutely right about Florida. But I do think if they want to be a leisure airline only, they'll need some sort of southern focus city to move people to Latin and South America. There aren't a whole lot of options for that, but some have brought up MSY or SAT in the past.

Sep 14, 2011 | 10:31 am

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RSVP

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Whatever happened to Bedford's rumored partnership with AA?

I thnk Blue can comment on his remark as he personally spoke with Bedford at the naming announcement in 2010.

Sep 14, 2011 | 11:23 am

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newsmanhoss

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Originally Posted by RSVP

Whatever happened to Bedford's rumored partnership with AA?

I thnk Blue can comment on his remark as he personally spoke with Bedford at the naming announcement in 2010.

I was there as well. While F9 had a strong interest in that, and it looked like things were heading toward AA or a possible OneWorld tie-in, it has yet to materialize.

Perhaps they have bigger fish to fry right now.