5 frontier airbuses going to mke

[inflightboi175]

Republic is moving 5 a319s to Milwaukee in November to be operated by frontier they will be doing service from Milwaukee to higher density markets and some of the 190s will be going to Denver to fly the lowere density markets such as Boise and Omaha.

 

[b82rez]

Frontier Airlines d/b/a/ Midwest (betcha it's called connect until this SLI gets worked out) Airlines.

Oh yeah, they'll have the cookies too. Looks like Bedford is going for about as much as the 'seamless Midwest Airlines product' as you can get. (Without actually employing any Midwest Airlines pilots that is)

 

[Indy319FA]

Also posted a new 190 Base in DEN, and a new 170 base in Greensboro.

 

[scottdonley]

What's in Greensboro?

 

[bizicmo]

What's in Greensboro?

A new base.

 

[inflightboi175]

Yea looks like Midwest is gonna be fazed out and frontier brought in fo everything but still have the cookies atleast they have tvs on frontier

 

[Indy319FA]

What's in Greensboro?

US Airways flying. There has been a CHQ base there for a while. We have a bunch of flying out of CLT, and when Bedford was asked about a CLT base he said we would never have a CLT base, but GSO was a possibility. GSO flying will come out of CMH and PHL. GSO will probably get a bunch of the CLT flying.

 

[scottdonley]

Thank you..

 

[ultrarunner]

Republic is moving 5 a319s to Milwaukee in November to be operated by frontier they will be doing service from Milwaukee to higher density markets and some of the 190s will be going to Denver to fly the lower density markets such as Boise and Omaha.

That all makes sense. MidEx is out of airframes by the end of the year, but there is still a schedule to run. RAH won't have enough 190's online by then to serve the old MidEx seasonal (and year-round) destinations in Florida, etc...so it's a smart move to get those Airbus airframes out there now.

 

[Joblu]

Ugh, I think I am going to be sick. uke:

 

[maxblast72]

With 35 flights/day by Airtran and another 12 flights/day by Southwest starting in November, the Airbus will provide a better CASM platform to compete especially for the West Coast. As the new Southwest commercials say, "It's On".

 

[Minimaniac]

If moving 5 Airbuses to MKE makes the Frontier brand more viable, what is wrong with that? If MKE YX passengers have access to larger aircraft flown by Frontier pilots, what is wrong with that? I know that no one likes to have to change bases, or to start commuting, but some F9 pilots may actually want to go to MKE for personal reasons.

 

[eightdriver]

What's wrong with it is the 400 Midex pilots that were $hit canned to make it happen. That's whats wrong!!

 

[ultrarunner]

What's wrong with it is the 400 Midex pilots that were $hit canned to make it happen. That's whats wrong!!

Agreed, and you can thank TPG for that, in addition to the MidEx MEC that didn't get any of those guys/gals a seat at the table!

 

[fam62c]

This is going to start to get confusing for the customers. Republic bought Midwest and they have replaced Midwest airplanes with Republic airplanes painted like Midwest airplanes and now are replacing those with Frontier airplanes and they are replacing Frontier airplanes in DEN with Republic airplanes painted like Midwest airplanes. What was the point of buying known brands in both MKE and DEN only to put airplanes with another brand in the markets? Sooner or later they are going to have to pick one brand and stick with it if they want to have any kind of coordinated marketing plan and build/maintain brand loyalty.

I think that Republic is getting too big for it's britches, let's see if the operation can actually make money when all is said and done. Fee-for-departure arrangements where there is little risk of loss are one thing but standing on your own involves more variables such as buying your own fuel and finding your own customers. Remember that Midwest was losing money at an alarming rate and Frontier had to file Chapter 11 so they aren't exactly starting with great raw materials to build their new airline from. The key for Republic will be getting all of their system-wide employees to work for less than the competition..........this is one thing they seem to be very good at doing.