Asheville and Destin/Ft Walton might have some staying power, given the long-term "half my family moved south" affinities.
Knoxville, as home to Oak Ridge National Labs, sometimes surprises. It is certainly a place to find scientist types to interview for tech jobs.
Grand Rapids is a tough sell. If you aren't already on a DeVos family jet, why are you coming to Boston?
Yes, that's the part I'm suspicious of. The other 3 have price-sensitive VFR/College/Early Career demographics, which Allegient could aspire to stimulate.Now Grand Rapids is actually the largest market O+D wise of these announcements. Does anyone go there in summer for Lake Michigan? I was at the Travel and Adventure show and Lake Michigan beaches were discussed as being a new hot spot.
Yes, that's the part I'm suspicious of. The other 3 have price-sensitive VFR/College/Early Career demographics, which Allegient could aspire to stimulate.
BOS-GRR seems very finite, even if it is larger.
GRR is a "focus city" for Allegient. I'm wondering if, unlike the other destinations, they're thinking that they'll get connecting traffic in addition to the O&D. For example, they fly from GRR to Phoenix, Vegas, Austin, LA, etc. It's not completely in line with their point to point model, but they may believe that that they'll get some leisure travelers from Boston heading to those sunny destinations out west.
Has JetBlue ever tried serving Indianapolis? Seems odd that AA and DL will have IND-BOS but JetBlue wont.
Allegiant doesn't do connections. They are entirely point-to-point.
These flights are not aimed at Bostonians. Even if Allegiant did offer connections, who in their right mind would fly a twice weekly BOS-GRR-PHX/AUS/LAS when there are multiple carriers offering daily nonstop flights on all of those routes. Bostonians have plenty of better options for leisure travel. These flights are aimed at folks in secondary markets who want a weekend in Beantown, for whom Allegiant is really their only option.
I'm planning a trip to Asheville this summer with my wife and happen to be leaving BOS on a Monday. Am I crazy for booking the Allegiant non-stop over connecting in Philly or Atlanta? Similar price once you add seat selection etc. with Allegiant. I am not coming back from AVL so I'm not concerned about the return. It's a bit of a roll of the dice but for a pleasure trip, it may be worth avoiding the connection.
HelloBoston, isn't that Wilmington flight only once per week?
Lrfox, the risk of cancellation with Allegiant is why I referred to the AVL nonstop as a "roll of the dice." I did just see a WSJ report that had very good on time/delay/cancellation numbers for Allegiant. Far better than some of the more established carriers. But yeah, Allegiant is obviously much less likely to be able to recover quickly from a BOS cancellation than say a United, Delta, American etc.
Yeah it's an obscure one, local media reports it as testing the route to see if there is demand, I'm not entirely sure what the game plan is but I'll do my best to travel on a Saturday once and give it a go...HelloBoston, isn't that Wilmington flight only once per week?
Lrfox, the risk of cancellation with Allegiant is why I referred to the AVL nonstop as a "roll of the dice." I did just see a WSJ report that had very good on time/delay/cancellation numbers for Allegiant. Far better than some of the more established carriers. But yeah, Allegiant is obviously much less likely to be able to recover quickly from a BOS cancellation than say a United, Delta, American etc.