New Orleans, twice a week, year-round, starting November 18th. Allegiant seems to to doing OK in using Concord as a budget alternative to Charlotte Douglas International Airport to connect the…
Recently we’ve seen lower-fare carriers like Frontier and Allegiant come to town (in Allegiant’s case, the town in question is Concord). It’s worth noting that such carriers can be rather…
Did some more research and slept on the Southwest/AirTran announcement. Let’s just say, there are a lot of subtle ramifications to this. So here’s a Q&A to try to explain…
Things are getting interesting in US Airways/Delta slot swap. You’ll recall that the DOT said “yes” — but only if the two airlines sold off 20 slots (of 125 being…
Charlotte’s airfares are keep reasonably competitive in part because of the presence of two low-fare airlines, AirTran and JetBlue. Time to catch up on some strange interesting developments by the…
Hyper interesting move by Southwest today, announcing that they were seeking to buy the La Guardia take-off and landing slots — enough for seven flights a day — controlled by…
Geez, I was ready to let the Skybus deal go, confident that word was out it was a dopey idea. But I’m seeing Skybus everywhere I look today. For starters,…
Now that Skybus is gone, Allegiant Air announces it will stay at PTIA. One need only read the statements from Allegiant officials and PTIA chairman Henry Isaacson to realize why…
An editorial in the Winston-Salem Journal expresses relief that at least some of the incentives paid to the now-bankrupt airline Skybus will be coming back to the handful of North…
The N&R reports that yet another Skybus exec jumps: Bud Sittig, the airline’s vice president of operations, has announced he’s quitting, saying he’s “out of step” with the actions of…
Well, here comes another low-cost airline to Charlotte. This city seems to eat low-fare airlines alive, so let’s see how this one makes out. The first flights will be to…