Allegiant in Grand Rapids

[2EASYPilot]

Interesting front page article on Allegiant expansion...


http://www.mlive.com/grpress/frontpage/pdfs/A1_Tuesday.pdf

 

[Kharma Police]

interesting front page article on allegiant expansion...


http://www.mlive.com/grpress/frontpage/pdfs/a1_tuesday.pdf

Allegiant is saying, "WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!"

 

[JerryLundegaard]

Allegiant is saying, "WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!"

AAI needs to seriously mow those guys down.

 

[fifinella]

AAI needs to seriously mow those guys down.

AAI has much more to be worried about than little Allegiant -

IMO they've got bigger fish to fry competing with other carriers

Furthermore, it's not if, but when the price of oil starts to go up - not gonna be pretty

 

[fifinella]

Allegiant is saying, "WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!"

I really don't think so. For some reason, I don't think GRR is gonna make or break the bank for 'em.

IMO, Allegiant is more like a pest to other carriers - really difficult to extinguish them, only control them - so if GRR doesnt work, they'll simply find another airport that's dying to bring air service to boost the local economy -

Allegiant owns their own airplanes....that's a huge advantage when it comes to expanding and contracting - they can almost do that at will

 

[Kharma Police]

I really don't think so. For some reason, I don't think GRR is gonna make or break the bank for 'em.

IMO, Allegiant is more like a pest to other carriers - really difficult to extinguish them, only control them - so if GRR doesnt work, they'll simply find another airport that's dying to bring air service to boost the local economy -

Allegiant owns their own airplanes....that's a huge advantage when it comes to expanding and contracting - they can almost do that at will

It was joke, I don't think either airline is willing to have a big turf battle in GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

 

[maxblast72]

It is more than about 1 city. It is about protecting the small markets that Allegiant services. For example, a few years ago when Jetblue and Airtran started SWF, Allegiant backed down and left the market. Now, Allegiant is trying to establish the fact that they will not back down when direct competition enters a market.

 

[Colonel Savage]

SWA had 900 pilots when it opened its BWI base in 1993, and have almost 6,000 now. USAir had close to 6,000 pilots in 1993, and had 3,000 prior to AWA merger in 2005.

That is a consequence of not being competetive.

 

[Jetjockey]

Allegiant is saying, "WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!"

More like, "WE MUST PROTECT THIS TENT." When the customer base dries up, they pull out. Check out the article in ATW.