I'm of course not asking for a trip report (because that's a different forum), but just quickly: What was great? Was it mostly just the convenience? Were they friendly, upbeat, etc.? Was the in-airport experience acceptable? Most of the time, when staff make one feel a little special or at least cared-about or appreciated, that's worth a lot more than many other things. Speaking of flying from Bentonville, I just flew Breeze for the first time this past weekend from XNA to TPA and back and it was great. I agree that MX has opportunities to add routes such as HSV-LAX and SDF-SAN/PDX that are unlikely to be served nonstop by other airlines. What advantages would MX have over AS, DL, and UA on adds such as XNA-SEA, SDF-SFO, and SDF-SEA?

DL would also be able to offer connections to some other destinations in Alaska, Washington State, Oregon, British Columbia, and Asia from SDF through SEA if it adds SDF-SEA nonstop service. UA would also be able to use 126-seat A319 or 737-700 planes to operate SDF-SFO nonstop service, similar in capacity to the 126-seat A220-300's that MX is planning on operating.ĭL would have its FF bases in both the Greater Louisville and Greater Seattle to support markets to support SDF-SEA nonstop service, and DL already has both the A220-100 and A220-300 variants in its fleet. UA would also have its FF bases in both the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Louisville markets to support SDF-SFO nonstop service, and there would be connecting opportunities to other destinations in California, Hawaii, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Tahiti through SFO from SDF on UA if UA adds SDF-SFO nonstop service. There would also be some connecting opportunities to other destinations in Washington State, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska from XNA through SEA if AS adds XNA-SEA nonstop service, and Walmart also operates stores in Washington State, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska. XNA-SEA is also within the range of E-175 regional jets, and AS had operated E-175 regional jets on a few routes longer than XNA-SEA such as SEA-DAL/MKE and PDX-AUS.

Some of the possible MX adds could be added by other airlines such as XNA-SEA by AS, SDF-SFO by UA, SDF-SEA by DL, CMH-SAN by WN, and CMH-PDX by AS.ĪS would also have AA's FF base in Northwest Arkansas to support XNA-SEA nonstop service on AS, and AS would also have AA's FF base in Central Ohio to support CMH-PDX nonstop service. All are good-sized unserved markets even before demand rises from non-stop service and lower fares.' Domestically, perhaps we’ll see the likes of Louisville to San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle, Huntsville-Los Angeles, or Columbus to San Diego and Portland. 'Longer routes mean the variable cost advantage of the Airbus jets will be crucial.

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