Originally Posted by
Aero1900
There are 2 questions that deserve further discussion.
1) How does Frontier/Spirit do during a recession?
2) Can they break into the transatlantic market? (Frontier has 18 A321XLRs on order)
As far as #2 goes, I can't see much different outcome vs the failed Euro ULCCs who went TATL. F9 doesn't have a big base of loyal fliers on the east coast where they would likely be launching flights from. Sure, TTN, but thats not nearly big enough in my mind, and faces immense competition with UAL/EWR and AA/PHL. F9 doesn't have a big network to feed flights, and/or O&D based pax, and an onboard product that isn't really desirable for 8+hr flights. I think TATL would be a very bad idea.