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TANSTAAFL
I think the underserved market secondary idea has some serious traction if done right (reliable, frequency). EWR, LGA, JFK, LAX, etc at rush hours are a nightmare. I used to commute to NYC, took me longer to take a cab from LGA to JFK than my commute flight to LGA 😳 In another life used to drive 25 miles further to MKE than ORD because the drive was quicker and the airport so much easier. Those big market airports are not getting less crowded either…
The reliability is key to serving this type of market. You cannot run a terrible operation with low frequency. But if the operation is clean, the low frequency can work very well. Allegiant and frontier have proven that.