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Old 01-04-2014 | 04:40 PM
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zoooropa
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Be careful, I think a reduction in Denver service is a certainty (this being aviation nothing is certain). We may keep the GO in Denver but we DEFINITELY will not be operating 85-90% of our block hours out of DIA in the not too distant future.

Franke and Indigo Partners want a minimum margin, and that margin is simply not attainable with a Denver-centric ULCC.

Will Denver be larger than other focus cities? Yes.
Will Denver be as large as it is today in three years? Highly doubtful.

They want to grow the airline but even if they grow at a significant rate they still can't support the negative yield pressure in Denver.

We will see at least one new domicile in the next 24 months and that domicile will be fed with new aircraft along with existing lift that isn't making enough money in Denver.

Bugaboo's post is inaccurate, nearly half of F9 commutes. Denver isn't the holy grail to Frontier pilots.

If you are interviewing at F9 with the intention of being based in Denver you need to reevaluate. Denver will remain but it will be a senior base.
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