Comments on: Frontier Falls in Love with E-Jets

By: sjshost

sjshost — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:21:04 +0000

@Larry the Lynx! “That just doesn’t fit in with Bryan Bedford’s shiny jet syndrome”

We love it!

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By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:32:30 +0000

The Denver to Canton-Akron flight has the E190′s. Leather seats are comfortable but no TV and the flights are COLD. Br-r-r. Bring a sweater.

By: Dan Webb

Dan Webb — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:41:30 +0000

@Larry – that’s very interesting. I guess we’ll have to see what happens then.

@Allen – Lynx started operating in December 2007. I think Republic still sees those small markets as important, but having a small fleet of Q400s when they have 170s available didn’t make a whole lot of sense.

By: Allen

Allen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:18:51 +0000

I’m not surprised to see the Fargo route getting dropped. Seemed lie it was either goig ot get droped or cut with a fligh tor three a day added for milwaukee. Sorta an all or nothing choice for Republic. But with Delta , American and United all serving Fargo it was hard to see how Lynx was going to make a go of it.

I’m not sure this dropping of he Q400 is the right move. Frontier just started Lynx a year ago (more or less, correct?). I think they realized that to compete in Denver they’d need to be able to funnel through some passengers going to or from places like Grand Junction, Cheyenne, Billings and others small markets. If Republic is trying to find ways to not go head to head with SWA like the the Newport News Lynx would be the way to do it.

By: Larry the Lynx

Larry the Lynx — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:21:06 +0000

Just another note. Republic will most likely dropping flying to Aspen at some point, most likely in Sept. Aspen is a market which has some of the highest yields in the country. The reason for the pulling out of Aspen is because and E170 and E190 lack the performance capabilities to fly in and out of the mountainous airport. The Q400 out performs the every other plane that flies to Aspen. Lack of weight restrictions, enhanced tailwinds capabilities, and the ability of circle-to-land in Aspen are the reason the Q400 belonged in Republic’s fleet. In my opinion with its fuel burn and speed, the Q400 is the only aircraft that should be flying any route under 500 miles in the United States. That just doesn’t fit in with Bryan Bedford’s shiny jet syndrome.