tan1mill From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 68 posts, RR: 0 Posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 5605 times:
It was just announced that Frontier will discontinue service to Provo effective January 7, 2013. According to one article, the reason has nothing to do with a lack of demand, but for other reasons.
rampart From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2854 posts, RR: 7 Reply 2, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 5464 times:
Quoting mayor (Reply 1): Gosh, I thought all the proponents of this service thought this was the best thing since sliced bread. Guess not, huh?
The proponents still do.
Quote: the reason has nothing to do with a lack of demand, but for other reasons
i.e. future lack of aircraft? Loads high, but fares not?
Sad that F9 is not able to sustain an experiment longer. Unfortunately, squashing naysayers does not help their bottomline. I love it when naysayers are squashed. Because when the aren't squashed, they are obnoxiously arrogant.
Bobloblaw From United States of America, joined Jan 2012, 1367 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 5445 times:
I never thought this would work. Too close to SLC. Why fly Provo-DEN-ORD when you can drive to SLC go nonstop to ORD, not worry about weather in DEN, missing connection or canceled flights?
mayor From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 9200 posts, RR: 14 Reply 7, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 4900 times:
Well, if it wasn't for lake of demand.........
Quoting tan1mill (Thread starter): According to one article, the reason has nothing to do with a lack of demand, but for other reasons.
But it wasn't performing up to expectations:
Quoting dnstevenson (Reply 6): "it is truly unfortunate, the route just wasn't performing to our expectations & at this point we don't plan to return. ^AM"
What could the problem be. Seems like the two are connected.
"A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary"----Fred Allen
airlinewatcher1 From United States of America, joined Apr 2011, 62 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 4902 times:
Quoting dnstevenson (Reply 6): "it is truly unfortunate, the route just wasn't performing to our expectations & at this point we don't plan to return. ^AM"
This contradicts what the Provo mayor had to say:
Curtis said city officials were told by Frontier that the airline hopes to resume flights in and out of Provo in the future.
"While disappointing, this is just a temporary setback," Curtis said in news release. "The Provo flights were often full, proving that there is a demand for the service."
I also find it odd that Provo was told by Frontier as recently as a month ago that they'd be getting the A319.
Too many of F9's routes seems to be relatively short lived. I'm not convinced that all these newer oddball routes are working out great for them.
MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6242 posts, RR: 51 Reply 9, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 4833 times:
Not just Provo. Four other cities too from what I'm hearing.
airliner371 From United States of America, joined Aug 2012, 878 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 4800 times:
Quote: Four other cities too from what I'm hearing.
I have heard Provo, Akron, Dayton and Philly, don't know the other though.
mtnwest1979 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 2122 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4729 times:
Provo is going experiencing same as Ft Collins' Allegiant experience it seems.
As for Akron and Dayton, no surprise, with FL (now WN) nonstops.
mayor From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 9200 posts, RR: 14 Reply 15, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4649 times:
Quoting mariner (Reply 14): Quoting mayor (Reply 13):
Apparently, Provo's mayor doesn't realize that full doesn't always mean profitable.
I don't think he used the word "profitable."
Given that there is a SCASD grant supporting the flight, I would be surprised if he did.
Let me rephrase that.........apparently the mayor doesn't realize that great demand doesn't mean it's profitable enough to keep operating, not counting the grant.
Apparently, even with good demand AND the grant, it wasn't enough to keep operating. I can't think of any other reason to terminate service.
"A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary"----Fred Allen
mayor From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 9200 posts, RR: 14 Reply 18, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4627 times:
Then, possibly, there's a communication problem at Frontier and the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing. One person says they have no plans, at this time, to return and the mayor is getting the info that it's a fleet problem and only temporary and should be resolved when the fleet problems are resolved.
Who knows?
"A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary"----Fred Allen
spiritair97 From United States of America, joined Jan 2011, 1231 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4624 times:
I thought I read over the summer that the flights were averaging around 60% LF? I wasn't aware that they were full.
Also, what;s this I hear about the E-190s leaving?! When was this announced?
crj900lr From United States of America, joined Mar 2011, 197 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4552 times:
Quoting airlinewatcher1 (Reply 8): Too many of F9's routes seems to be relatively short lived. I'm not convinced that all these newer oddball routes are working out great for them.
They are flying some of these new routes because there is money on the table for them, once the money is used up they will come up with an excuse as to why they are pulling out of a city then go and start service to another city who has cash on the table for them.
mariner From New Zealand, joined Nov 2001, 22724 posts, RR: 88 Reply 22, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4541 times:
Quoting airlinewatcher1 (Reply 8): Too many of F9's routes seems to be relatively short lived. I'm not convinced that all these newer oddball routes are working out great for them.
The cuts this week-end affect some more mature routes.
The airline has a new CEO who is refashioning the airline, and is removing some (not all) of the dependency on DEN.
It is also true that unless a station can support the A319, it will not - eventually cannot - stay. So SBA, for example, goes to A319.
airliner371 From United States of America, joined Aug 2012, 878 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4515 times:
Anyone know if F9 plans on keeping the TVs and what they plan on doing with WiFi? They added Gogo to the e190 but now they are getting rid of them.
Quote: Also, what;s this I hear about the E-190s leaving?! When was this announced?
10 out of the 15 are leaving and they are looking for someone to take the 5 others. Its been known for a while now though.
mariner From New Zealand, joined Nov 2001, 22724 posts, RR: 88 Reply 24, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 4483 times:
Quoting airliner371 (Reply 23): Anyone know if F9 plans on keeping the TVs and what they plan on doing with WiFi? They added Gogo to the e190 but now they are getting rid of them.
Doesn't US Airways have Gogo wifi? I thought it did and it's taking 5 of the E190's.
mariner
aeternum nauta
25 spiritair97: US does have GoGo, but only on the a321s. It is also being installed in the E-175s this winter.
26 mariner: It's installed on the 5 x E190 if they want to use it. Presumably, one day, they will. Be funny if they uninstalled it and then reinstalled it later.
27 enilria: If only I had a feather to knock me over. I guess the subsidy must run out the day it is cancelled. I said this was stupid and wouldn't last. Do I ca
28 mariner: Since you say pretty much everything won't last, I guess you've got the bases covered. mariner
29 mayor: By the time this is reinstated (if it is), the UTA Frontrunner commuter train will be serving "Happy Valley" along the Wasatch Front. People in Provo,
30 mariner: I haven't heard that it will be reinstated. It would be nice, but I doubt it, because, as stated above, there won't be any E190's. mariner
31 mayor: Just going by the mayor's statement, depending on how credible that is.
32 mariner: Fair enough. I would count as a hope rather than an actuality, but I think PVU does have some potential. I think it would need PVU-LAX or LAS as well
33 IllinoisMan: In the second link the quote from F9: "Provo has consistently failed to meet our expectations. We won't share hard data on the performance simply bec
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