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Jay Honeck wrote:

Un-fortunately it will take some money. There are several airports in
rural Virginia/West Virginia that get airline service only because they
are getting paid by the Feds and state to fly in.


Or, it will take VLJs, and their vaunted efficiency in the air taxi
role.

I'm not overly optimistic, but somehow there's just got to be a way to
make it possible for people to use their local airports again.

I find it hard to stomach that our parents and grand-parents were able
to enjoy air service that we, their children in the 21st century,
cannot. Whether VLJs are the answer remains to be seen.

It is simple ... that was before deregulation. The high density routes
subsidized the low density small airport routes. Once we let the free
market run, we got what we got. I'm not saying this is right or wrong
and I'm basically a free market believer, but the reality is that a free
market will go where the money is ... and the money isn't at small
airports in small towns. That is just the simple reality.


Matt

It is simple ... that was before deregulation. The high density routes
subsidized the low density small airport routes. Once we let the free
market run, we got what we got. I'm not saying this is right or wrong
and I'm basically a free market believer, but the reality is that a free
market will go where the money is ... and the money isn't at small
airports in small towns. That is just the simple reality.

Well said.

I hope the VLJs make it financially profitable to service at least
some of the smaller markets again.
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"JH" == Jay Honeck writes:
JH I hope the VLJs make it financially profitable to service at
JH least some of the smaller markets again.

How do you figure VLJs are going help? A VLJ has seats for 3 to 7 pax
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLJ)...take the capital cost of the VLJ,
amortize over its useful life, add in operating cost (pilot salary,
fuel, maintenance), divide by 3 or 7, and you've got a very expensive
per mile fee.

It's Econ 101, Jay. There are benefits to living in smallish
University towns, but air service ain't one of them.

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think liked dolphins the most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you?
You'd be wrong, though. It's Hambone.
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