NWA ARJ From United States of America, joined May 2001, 547 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1886 times:
Very nice. Been waiting for this one for a while now. Always good to see more service at FAR!
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National757 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 717 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1833 times:
National757 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 717 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1830 times:
Eraugrad02 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 1227 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1830 times:
Does Allegiant have any cities that get service 5-7days a week or even cities that get more than 1 flight a day?
National757 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 717 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1824 times:
Quoting Eraugrad02 (Reply 4): Does Allegiant have any cities that get service 5-7days a week or even cities that get more than 1 flight a day?
BLI-LAS frequently has more than one flight a day. I have even seen them run it 3X a day on some rare occasions.
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Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21245 posts, RR: 19 Reply 6, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1809 times:
Quoting Eraugrad02 (Reply 4): Does Allegiant have any cities that get service 5-7days a week or even cities that get more than 1 flight a day?
PIA has PIE 26, LAS 1457, and IWA/AZA 15 in season, so they see 2 flights a day on Mondays and Fridays and a total of 8 a week.
Similarly, in season RFD has LAS 15, SFB 47, IWA/AZA 15, and PIE 37, so they see 8 weekly flights, with two on Mondays and Fridays.
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STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16266 posts, RR: 52 Reply 7, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1809 times:
I'm impressed with Allegiant, they seem to have their act together. I would give them a try but Allentown is too far for me, I would love it if they came to Trenton (TTN).
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 8, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1761 times:
I would fly Allegiant, but they are way too expensive, for instance i looked at their air fare for GFK-LAS, and they are running between 189-329 ONE WAY! I have found much better fares on NW, i get my miles, a free drink, and probably get upgraded to F due to elite status. I don't think they will last too long here in GFK IMO. Rumor has it they are parking at the Flight support. But who knows.
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Apodino From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 3642 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1760 times:
Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 8): I would fly Allegiant, but they are way too expensive, for instance i looked at their air fare for GFK-LAS, and they are running between 189-329 ONE WAY! I have found much better fares on NW, i get my miles, a free drink, and probably get upgraded to F due to elite status. I don't think they will last too long here in GFK IMO. Rumor has it they are parking at the Flight support. But who knows.
Which may be why Allegiant is actually making money and NW is losing money.
FATFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2001, 5668 posts, RR: 17 Reply 10, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1696 times:
Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 8): I would fly Allegiant, but they are way too expensive, for instance i looked at their air fare for GFK-LAS, and they are running between 189-329 ONE WAY! I have found much better fares on NW, i get my miles, a free drink, and probably get upgraded to F due to elite status.
And spend what, 5 to 8 hours each way to connect on NW vs. a couple of hours for an Allegiant non-stop.
Many people doing a weekend getaway don't want to waste time on airplanes or in airports, no matter what perks they get or don't get on the flights. Long travel times are only acceptable to us airline geeks or mileage junkies.
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Phelpsie87 From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 498 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1672 times:
Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 8): Rumor has it they are parking at the Flight support. But who knows.
Confirmed today (at least for the most part), G4 will park at the terminal but will be handled by the crew from GFK Flight Support.
Monday/Friday looks to be a busy day for the folks at handle G4 in FAR
Wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5534 posts, RR: 5 Reply 12, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1658 times:
Dbo861 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 792 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1636 times:
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 14, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1595 times:
Quoting FATFlyer (Reply 10): And spend what, 5 to 8 hours each way to connect on NW vs. a couple of hours for an Allegiant non-stop.
Id rather do that and save that $200 for gambling in Las Vegas, plus I could get there earlier on NW anyway.
Quoting FATFlyer (Reply 10): Long travel times are only acceptable to us airline geeks or mileage junkies.
Maybe... but people speak with their wallets anymore.
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DTWAGENT From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1283 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1591 times:
Questions is how long will this route last. They don't like to stay around very long.
FATFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2001, 5668 posts, RR: 17 Reply 16, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1565 times:
Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 14): Id rather do that and save that $200 for gambling in Las Vegas, plus I could get there earlier on NW anyway.
Nothing wrong with trying to save money. Just remember that other people are going to want to minimize travel time or possible misconnects.
Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 14): Maybe... but people speak with their wallets anymore.
Exactly so we will see what the public choses.
Quoting DTWAGENT (Reply 15): Questions is how long will this route last. They don't like to stay around very long.
They don't stay around IF they are not getting enough bookings to be profitable.
Allegiant has been operating FAR-LAS since 2005, that's being around Fargo for a long time isn't it?
And what's wrong with saying that the market didn't respond and cutting your losses. You'd rather see an airline stick around and continue to lose money?
If the market does respond Allegiant will be on the route for a long time.
Allegiant also treats these routes like what they are, leisure routes which may be seasonal. So if they think they can only make money part of the year that is how the route will operate.
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ATCRick From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 770 posts, RR: 14 Reply 17, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1563 times:
Quoting DTWAGENT (Reply 15): Questions is how long will this route last. They don't like to stay around very long.
Um, no.
They don't like to stay around "unprofitable" markets very long. Makes sense to me.
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