See the following news articles: http://tinyurl.com/8lwb9 http://tinyurl.com/a4a3m http://tinyurl.com/dootn Based on these and the docket and the Frontier webpage, I do not see Frontier starting service to Merida. How can you have "strong bookings" for flights that are basically using one airport (Merida) instead of another (Cancun) because the latter is out of service? David R http://home.comcast.net/~damiross/books.html www.sequoians.com www.chanticleers.org -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alireza Alivandivafa Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 21:50 To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Continental Airlines Continuing to Evacuate Stranded Tourists From Yucata... Of course they are. I totally agree that the main reason for the MID flights is to get their 1200 (wow!!) passengers out of Cancun, however, I am betting that if they see strong bookings, MID may just be on the list of new places to go In a message dated 10/28/2005 12:45:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: I see Frontier using this emergency exemption as a way to fly people out of Cancun by using nearby Merida.