[MLUG - DISCUSSION] another pie in the sky Columbia airline plan...

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

So some people have noticed that there is a gap to be filled in the
air transportation front:

http://www.digmo.com/news/story.php?ID=18649

Now, the problems with this proposal are obvious:

1) Using Jeff City's airport is just not a very good idea; it isn't
approved for this use, and it's a 30 mile drive for the majority of
your customers, who are coming from Columbia, and not Jeff City.

2) It's unclear that turbo-prop service is the way to go at this
point, although I guess it's your only decent choice if you're doing
the KC-midMo-StL loop.

3) $80 one way reduces enthusiasm, especially if you are only using
19-seater aircraft.

4) Neither KC nor StL are major hub airports, so it's unclear why you
would target them for your service unless it somehow meant you could
use fewer planes or something.

And there are others.  At some point, I suspect somebody will
seriously make a go of it with a carrier that goes between Columbia
and (say) Chicago, but it could take a while.

jking

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