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

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I thought KCI was a hub with it's Internation Airport designation.  This 
is not so?

Jonathan King wrote:
> 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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