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Quoting n471wn (Reply 5): check again where DIA is and where COS is from a time and population point of view---you might be surprised to at just how many people are in the COS catchment area. |
Quoting BMcD (Thread starter): What does COS need to do to attack more flights/travelers? I |
Quoting n471wn (Reply 5): check again where DIA is and where COS is from a time and population point of view---you might be surprised to at just how many people are in the COS catchment area. |
Quoting rfields5421 (Reply 8): Still - Denver is the center of the 21st largest MSA in the US with over 2.5 million Colorado Springs is 79th with 678 thousand. |
Quoting rfields5421 (Reply 8): Colorado Springs is on a par as far as a market catchment with cities like Akron, OH; Syracuse, NY; Boise, ID; Columbia, SC. |
Quoting n471wn (Reply 10): look not at a geographical designation but rather where the people are in proximity to where the airports are |
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 3): I see UA recently dropped COS-IAD making everyone cx in DEN. |
Quoting FlyingSicilian (Reply 9): but my flight back from COS-IAH is happily enough now a C70. |
Quoting MesaFlyGuy (Reply 13): you mean E70, or CRJ-700? |
Quoting FlyingSicilian (Reply 9): |
Quoting Spacepope (Reply 15): Ah the Zoo. Good choice. I love working in the flesh eating beetle colony there. |
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 3): Happy to see AS come from SEA maybe they'll start PDX or SAN too. |
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 3): I see UA recently dropped COS-IAD making everyone cx in DEN. As much as I love COS it suffers like other secondary airports. High fares, limited flight options, easy drive to a major hub. Happy to see AS come from SEA maybe they'll start PDX or SAN too. UA has a huge FF following in the area so if they can't go n/s from COS they go thru DEN (6x daily). |
Quoting MesaFlyGuy (Reply 13): They also fly to ORD, IAH, and LAX in addition to DEN. |
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 3): I see UA recently dropped COS-IAD making everyone cx in DEN. |
Quoting Spacepope (Reply 20): The margins on that route couldn't be that great. |
Quoting BMcD (Thread starter): COS has long runways and plenty of space (and gates). |
Quoting BMcD (Thread starter): What does COS need to do to attack more flights/travelers? |
Quoting n471wn (Reply 5): check again where DIA is and where COS is from a time and population point of view---you might be surprised to at just how many people are in the COS catchment area. |
Quoting CV990A (Reply 21): It's been about 2 years since I've had to travel that route, but I always found the UA non-stop to be the most expensive option - I always wound up doing IAD-DFW-COS on AA. Besides - 2x MD-80s beats any type of CRJ any day of the week! |
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 19): I assume no one thinks AA will give up a slot at DCA for COS |
Quoting SANFan (Reply 27): What AA would like to do, or wants, is immaterial in this case... |
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 29): As you know they could switch one of their other perimeter slots to do COS-DCA like they did with their SAN slot moving it to LAX (not to rub salt into that wound). |
Quoting SANFan (Reply 31): You are, of course, absolutely right but I expect the chances of AA moving that LAX-DCA flexi-slot of theirs to COS-DCA are a bit minimal (read: microscopic at most!) |