RFD says new destinations expected “very soon”

4 comments February 25th, 2009

Chicago Rockford International Airport Executive Director Bob O’Brien said today that the airport’s “Guess2Win” promotion is “quickly wrapping up as an announcement revealing the two new destinations is expected very soon.”

In a release today, he also outlined another 15 cities that are NOT the new destinations, based on “unique” guesses in the contest.  This is in addition to the 15 he listed last week. This round is more realistic … no moon shots:

Bellingham, Wash.; Charlotte, N.C.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Duluth, Minn.; Fargo, N.D.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; Key West, Fla.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Paris, France; Raleigh, N.C.; Reno, Nev.; San Diego, Calif.; Savannah, Ga.; Syracuse, N.Y.; and Toronto, Ontario.

Some good guesses here - Bellingham, Colorado Springs and San Diego are Allegiant cities that could someday work from RFD … but not yet. Savannah has been eyed by Allegiant as a long-term place to expand. Kalamazoo is not an option, but it is a Direct Air city, so people are paying attention….

Bob has also confirmed to me that it’s NOT LAX, Allegiant’s new destination.

I still think one of them is Niagara Falls, but I admit to being stumped, and my research is getting me nowhere. I  think other possible candidates are Newark, N.J. (a Direct Air city), any Carnival Cruise Lines port (New Orleans, New York, Norfolk and Melbourne, Fla., have been previously mentioned) and anywhere AeroMexico or Aple Vacations fly to.

Or, you know, something totally different.