2017 Oklahoma Commercial Aviation Discussion

[HangryHippo]

I'd love JetBlue to NYC or Boston.

[catch22]

I would put my money on Spirit. This is a great market for a super low-cost airline, IMO.

I think it will be Spirit or Frontier. I agree Spirit would do well.

[OUman]

Frontier's not exactly "new"; been here before for quite a while. My guesses are either Jetblue or Spirit.

[gopokes88]

Well either way that's very good news.

[shawnw]

https://twitter.com/wxspotlight/stat...92703539564544

Congrats to OKC regaining Frontier service. Announcement tomorrow.

[HangryHippo]

https://twitter.com/wxspotlight/stat...92703539564544

Well if it's just to Denver again, that's lame.

[sbs]

It will be lame, unless you frequently travel to Denver, which clearly many people do. After Frontier ended service to Denver, airfares rose quite a bit on United and Southwest. It will certainly drive down prices. I'll take any growth at WRWA! Have to start somewhere.

[sbs]

It looks like it may be Miami.

http://www.thenextmiami.com/frontier...ew-cities-mia/

[catch22]

Denver and orlando on f9.

[gopokes88]

It will be lame, unless you frequently travel to Denver, which clearly many people do. After Frontier ended service to Denver, airfares rose quite a bit on United and Southwest. It will certainly drive down prices. I'll take any growth at WRWA! Have to start somewhere.

Quite a bit is an understatement. My wife flew Denver on SW last week. $360 round trip. This will help a lot.

[damonsmuz]

And San Diego.

[BG918]

Nice to see Frontier back in Oklahoma. TUL-DEN, SAN and MCO also added.

[damonsmuz]

Is Frontier trying to go after Southwest again? These routes that are being announced in other towns as well as TUL and OKC look like a mix of hub and P2P routes

[BG918]

Is Frontier trying to go after Southwest again? These routes that are being announced in other towns as well as TUL and OKC look like a mix of hub and P2P routes

As a frequent OKC/TUL-DEN traveler I'm very happy with this add, and hope it brings down fares which have been getting higher especially with Southwest reducing frequency on these routes. I hope they are daily.

MCO and especially SAN are wild cards. OKC/TUL already have Allegiant flying to SFB outside Orlando, maybe this will work as another option for price-sensitive families going to DisneyWorld and central Florida theme parks. SAN is similar to Orlando, lots of leisure traffic that currently is not served from OKC or TUL. I thought both would be Southwest adds at some point.

Interesting to see Frontier abandon Fort Lauderdale in favor of Miami. Southwest is likely gearing up for more international (Caribbean) flights from FLL, I could see it being an add someday. Oklahoma to South Florida has never stuck with any airline. AA still flies TUL-MIA on Saturdays only but that's it.

[damonsmuz]

Anyone know if these Frontier flights will be daily???

[sbs]

Anyone know if these Frontier flights will be daily???

Denver will be daily. Orlando will be M,W,F,& Sat. San Diego is TBD.

[damonsmuz]

Im still trying to wrap my head around the SAN flight. I understand DEN as there are many connecting options but is Frontier going to expand their flight options out of SAN ?

[gopokes88]

Im still trying to wrap my head around the SAN flight. I understand DEN as there are many connecting options but is Frontier going to expand their flight options out of SAN ?

Yes San Diego was awarded a ton of flights. Frankly it's one of the best cities in the US and I'm really happy to have a direct out there.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...tes/488214001/

[damonsmuz]

GoPokes: Per the article you posted San Diego was awarded 3 flights. Oklahoma City, Tulsa and San Antonio. Not exactly a ton of flights. It sounds like Frontier is expecting people on these flights to be flying directly to San Diego and not connecting anywhere. Unless Frontier is expecting to expand San Diego between now and next spring.

Anyone have any weekly stats on how many people fly to San Diego from OKC?

[gopokes88]

GoPokes: Per the article you posted San Diego was awarded 3 flights. Oklahoma City, Tulsa and San Antonio. Not exactly a ton of flights. It sounds like Frontier is expecting people on these flights to be flying directly to San Diego and not connecting anywhere. Unless Frontier is expecting to expand San Diego between now and next spring.

Anyone have any weekly stats on how many people fly to San Diego from OKC?

Wrong article. I'll try to find what I read earlier. It basically said they want to make San Diego a mini hub.

[LakeEffect]

It's not the win I'd hope for (JetBlue), but it's a win.

For me, it's a little of a personal gain, hopefully. Frontier also added back GRR in Michigan, with flights to DEN and MCO. Might actually mean I can get better connections and pricing on others to GRR from here. yay...

[Mike_M]

Anyone have any weekly stats on how many people fly to San Diego from OKC?

Probably not many because a majority of people flying to the coasts are flying from DFW. Weirdly enough, a ton of my friends (as well as my family) have made San Diego trips in the last 6 months. It's an excellent town to vacation. I bet these flights are well utilized.

[shawnw]

The upside to having been stranded in OKC without warning by Allegiant is not getting stranded in Vegas like these poor folks.

http://kfor.com/2017/07/24/its-ridic...-in-las-vegas/

[no1cub17]

It's not the win I'd hope for (JetBlue), but it's a win.

For me, it's a little of a personal gain, hopefully. Frontier also added back GRR in Michigan, with flights to DEN and MCO. Might actually mean I can get better connections and pricing on others to GRR from here. yay...

AZO native here! While it's hard to beat 10 minutes from my parents' house to the airport, we definitely use GRR when it's significantly cheaper. An OKC-GRR linkup would be amazing.

[s00nr1]

The upside to having been stranded in OKC without warning by Allegiant is not getting stranded in Vegas like these poor folks.

http://kfor.com/2017/07/24/its-ridic...-in-las-vegas/

I can't believe the regulatory hammer hasn't come down on Allegiant yet. Such a terrible company.