Colgan Picks up Plattsburgh, NY to Boston EAS
 

The Press Republican - Legislators choose new airline

As a Cape Air pilot, let me just say this: Please don't screw up what we started. Thanks.

well said!

Didn't Big Sky have that before Cape Air? I see the same results happening with colgan...

Yep...Poor frequency with bigger airplanes. We tripled Plattsburgh's yearly passenger numbers (3,500ish to our 10,500) with smaller airplanes. Frequency is key. Colgan is going to chop frequency again and put a Saab on the route. The city council wanted it because they felt a bigger plane would "expand" the airport, even with half the frequency.

History repeating itself...

The article said that Cape offered to fly 3 times a day to Boston. It also says that Colgan offered 2 times a day under EAS and one time daily (M-F) not under the EAS contract. Where is the "chopping" occurring?

Huh...well I'll be damned. You're right. That must be a new addition.

Here's a question, though: We couldn't always fill our 9 seaters 3 times a day; how can Colgan fill 34 seaters 3 times a day?

By the way, we did that 7 days a week. Colgan is dropping to one round trip a day on the weekends.

Oh, I never said anything about the planes being full. :)

I bet Cape gets it back in 2 years, I wouldn't worry about it now Cape has a plane or two more to devote to expanding elsewhere...

Don't sweat it, there will be plenty of government cheese to go around. Isn't Cape looking at Parkersburg to CVG?

Hmmm, interesting thought. Doesn't cape air have a codeshare with JB to provide feed into BOS? Thats loss of revenue, maybe.. Unless colgan is going to provide the lift for JB?? Sounds fishy... The scope horse is at the barn door, yehawww. Of course I could be just parnoid and crazy:D haha, thats more likely..