Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
Just walked past an ExpressJet billboard in Tucson that was advertising non-stops to GEG and MCI...
I would love to be behind those closed doors when the powers-that-be decide what routes to fly...what a whacky route-structure!
They analyzed dozens of market pairs that had no current airline serving those city pairs. They picked the ones they thought would have the best chance at success.
Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
"Very low fares" is relative...I call $99 El Paso to Ontario, CA a low fare...
I think he meant that XJT doesn't sell the $19 fares that I believe FlyI was selling. There will always be "low" fares in the 21 day bucket to attract traffic to any airline.
Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
I understand that - what I
don't understand is how they
pick those point-to-point, non-hub markets...Oooh to be a fly on the wall
No current service, medium sized cities, X number of people already traveling between the two cities through another connecting city.
Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
1) I never said XJT wasn't doing well. My post was purely a rebuttal to another's, who said that their branded is not selling low-fares.
2) I have flown on ExpressJet. After all, I did work for them...
XJT is not trying to be a LCC. That is not the model they are pursuing. There will be "low" (probably never anything as low as FlyI had) fares to begin with to attract a customer base. The plan is to get the average fare up about 20%.