Comments on: Airline industry loose ends http://blogs.e-rockford.com/thepassengerseat/2008/03/27/airline-industry-loose-ends/ Whether you ride, drive or fly, transportation issues affect everyone. Especially when fuel prices are so high. Join Thomas V. Bona as he examines the things that make the world move. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: YNGBlog http://blogs.e-rockford.com/thepassengerseat/2008/03/27/airline-industry-loose-ends/#comment-104 YNGBlog Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:22:17 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/thepassengerseat/2008/03/27/airline-industry-loose-ends/#comment-104 YNG has some of the top passenger load percentages of any city to Orlando; but what kills them are the yields of profit Allegiant is making are low. They are low because to offer a quality product, they need to go head to head with Airtran by offering the same prices, therefore they are forced to sell many tickets at sub-$100 range which is not what they want to do. But recent advertising and higher fares seem to be working a bit. We shall see! YNG has some of the top passenger load percentages of any city to Orlando; but what kills them are the yields of profit Allegiant is making are low. They are low because to offer a quality product, they need to go head to head with Airtran by offering the same prices, therefore they are forced to sell many tickets at sub-$100 range which is not what they want to do.

But recent advertising and higher fares seem to be working a bit. We shall see!

]]> By: ANCJason http://blogs.e-rockford.com/thepassengerseat/2008/03/27/airline-industry-loose-ends/#comment-64 ANCJason Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:39:20 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/thepassengerseat/2008/03/27/airline-industry-loose-ends/#comment-64 Youngstown's problem is that it has a foreseeable negative growth rate (http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_research14a7_sup) This coupled with the fact that it is within 1-1 1/2 hours drive from airports in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Akron (which has AirTran) makes it an incredibly difficult sell. If Allegiant hasn't expanded its service beyond 2x weekly to Sanford, then I don't think anybody can make Youngstown work (save for Skybus...but they have to make themselves work first). I like the approach the airport authority is taking, however, and wish them the best of success. Oddly enough, its air service history has been quite impressive up until the the 2000's.....far more extensive than RFD's. Youngstown’s problem is that it has a foreseeable negative growth rate (http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_research14a7_sup)

This coupled with the fact that it is within 1-1 1/2 hours drive from airports in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Akron (which has AirTran) makes it an incredibly difficult sell. If Allegiant hasn’t expanded its service beyond 2x weekly to Sanford, then I don’t think anybody can make Youngstown work (save for Skybus…but they have to make themselves work first). I like the approach the airport authority is taking, however, and wish them the best of success.

Oddly enough, its air service history has been quite impressive up until the the 2000’s…..far more extensive than RFD’s.

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