What prevents UA from matching or even undercutting F9's fares? I think it's foolish. We'll see an announcement in a few months declaring that F9 is throwing in the towel.=20 -- Niraj Agarwalla -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David MR Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 5:59 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: SFGate: Frontier ups California service WN couldn't make it because it screwed up its schedule. WN has, on average, 25 minutes turnarounds. F9 can allow for the unstable weather at SFO because it has longer turn times. To say the route is underserved by a "high-value, low fare service" airline is stupid. The flight is only a little bit over an hour in length. Five flights a day is a small number of flights when you consider the number of flights UA has on the route. Additionally, OAK is actually quicker to get to from downtown San Francisco so I don't think F9 will draw too many passengers away from OAK and the WN service there. David R -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Agarwalla, Niraj" <Niraj.Agarwalla@xxxxxxx> > If WN couldn't make a run of it, what thinks F9 can? >=20 > -- > Niraj Agarwalla > FeB-XCO >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Bill Hough > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:41 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: SFGate: Frontier ups California service >=20 >=20 > =3D3D20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. > The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D3D3D/n/a/2006/05/02/fina= n c=3D > i > al/=3D3D > f132944D88.DTL > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tuesday, May 2, 2006 (AP) > Frontier ups California service >=20 >=20 >=20 > (05-02) 13:29 PDT DENVER, (AP) -- >=20 > Frontier Airlines said Tuesday it will begin nonstop service between > San > Francisco and Los Angeles next month, the first point-to-point service > in > California for the low-cost carrier. >=20 > The new service will be offered five times daily beginning June 29, > Frontier said. >=20 > "We feel strongly that the San Francisco market is underserved for > high-value, low fare service and there is clearly a strong business and > leisure connection between these two cities," said John Happ, senior > vice > president of marketing and planning for Frontier. >=20 > The Denver-based airline said it is hiring 40 new employees in Los > Angel=3D3D > es > for a total of 70, and more than 40 will be hired in San Francisco. >=20 > ___ >=20 > On the Net: >=20 > www.frontierairlines.com > -----------------------------------------------=3D3D > ----------------------- > Copyright 2006 AP