Manaʻo ʻia e kūʻai ʻia ʻo Frontier e ka hui makua Republic Airways Holdings Inc. ma ka hopena o Kepakemapa. ʻAʻole maopopo i ke ʻano o ka manaʻo o kahi mea hou i ke ala ʻo Durango-a-Denver.
No laila ʻaʻole mamao loa ka wā e hiki mai ana ʻo Frontier Airlines ma Durango, akā manaʻo nā alakaʻi kūloko ua ulu nui ʻo Durango-La Plata County Airport e pale aku i nā pilikia mai ka mokulele ʻo Denver.
Inā ʻo ke kūʻai aku ʻana o Frontier Airlines ʻo ia ka mea e hāʻule ai ka mea lawe moku iā Durango, ʻo Roger Zalneraitis, ka luna hoʻokele o ka La Plata County Economic Development Alliance, e ʻōlelo ana ke kokoke nei ke kahua mokulele i 200,000 enplanements, a ke hoʻomaka nei kēlā mau helu e huki i ka hoihoi mai nā mokulele ʻē aʻe.
Eia nō naʻe, mālama nā luna kūloko i ka maikaʻi o ke kaʻa ʻana o Durango e hiki ai i nā mea lawe i kēia manawa a i ʻole ke komo hou ʻana e kiʻi i kahi lohi.
ʻO Frontier ke kuleana o 16 wale nō ka nui o nā kaʻa kaʻa ma waho o Durango i ka makahiki 2013. I kēia manawa, ua piʻi ka holo kaʻa mokulele holoʻokoʻa, me nā enplanements i ka wikiwiki a ʻoi aku ma mua o 200,000 i kēia makahiki.
"Ma kahi a mākou e hoʻokokoke nei i 200,000 enplanements, ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e ʻike i nā mea lawe lehulehu," wahi a Roger Zalneraitis, ka luna hoʻokele o ka La Plata County Economic Development Alliance.
Ua hoʻopau mua ʻo Frontier i kāna mau huakaʻi i hoʻokahi i ka lā, a e hoʻopau i nā hana ma hope o ʻOkakopa 29. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Frontier e hoʻomaka hou i ka lawelawe ʻana iā Durango i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Mei, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi lā kūpono, wahi a Kip Turner, ka luna hoʻokele o ka mokulele. o ka mokulele.
Ua ʻōlelo nā alakaʻi mokulele a me nā ʻoihana e hiki ke piʻi ke kumukūʻai inā e haʻalele ʻo Frontier iā Durango. ʻO ke komo ʻana o Frontier i ka mākeke ʻo Durango i ʻApelila 2008 i koi aku i nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kā lākou kumukūʻai e hoʻokūkū me ka mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
"Ua maikaʻi loa ʻo Frontier i ka wā i hele mai ai lākou i ka mākeke ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i kā mākou kumukūʻai," wahi a Zalneraitis.
I kēia manawa me ka makemake nui mai nā mea lawe, pono ka hoʻokūkū e hāʻawi i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā kumukūʻai me ka ʻole o Frontier, wahi āna.
"I ka wā lōʻihi, e kōkua nui ana ia i nā kumukūʻai," wahi āna.
Huli nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā koho
Hāʻawi ʻia i ka palena palena o Frontier no ka holo ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā, nui nā huakaʻi ʻoihana e ʻimi i nā koho ʻē aʻe.
ʻO Mercury ka lua o ka mea hana pilikino nui loa a Durango, me 417 mau limahana ma ka ʻāina, a me kekahi keʻena ʻē aʻe ma Denver. Mai ka lā 1 o Ianuali, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Mercury i nā mokulele 677 mai Durango a i Denver. ʻO ia mau mea, he 86 wale nō ma Frontier. Hoʻopaʻa pū ka hui i nā mokulele 653 mai Denver a i Durango, a ʻo 80 wale nō ma Frontier.
"Ua loaʻa mau iā United nā koho hou aʻe," wahi a Matt Taylor, Luna Nui o Mercury.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā huakaʻi holo ʻo United Express ma Repubalika ma mua o ʻelua mau mea kaʻa ma mua o nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe ʻo Durango no ka makahiki a hiki i Iulai.
Akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Taylor ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomau ʻo Frontier i kāna ala ʻo Durango, no ka maʻalahi a me ke kuleana o ka mokulele i ka mālama ʻana i nā kumukūʻai mai ka piʻi ʻana.
Lawe pū ʻo ia iā Frontier i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai kahi mokulele United.
"Ke manaʻolana nei ʻo Mercury a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe ma Durango e ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o ka maʻalahi no nā koho ma waho o Durango, a ke hele nei mākou i ke ala hewa," wahi a Taylor.
I ka wā e pono ai ka lele ma ka leka hoʻomaopopo pōkole, ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Mercury i kahi mokulele liʻiliʻi ma waho o Cortez ma o Cortez Flying Service. Ua kapa ʻo Taylor he "koho maikaʻi ʻole."
ʻIke ʻia ua hāʻawi ʻo Frontier i ka mea huakaʻi ʻoihana i nā mea hoʻokūkū, a ke ʻimi nei i nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa kauwela, wahi a Zalneraitis. Pono nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana i nā mokulele he nui i kahi huakaʻi hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia lā.
"ʻAʻole lākou e lilo i ʻoihana mokulele," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo, 'ʻAʻole wau e hana i kēia hālāwai - pono wau e kali no Mei.'"
Ma waho aʻe o Frontier, ʻekolu mau mea lawe nui ʻo Durango - United, ʻAmelika a me US Airways - lele i ʻekolu hubs: Denver, Phoenix a me Dallas.
Ke piʻi nei ka huakaʻi ma waho o Durango i ka 11.6 pakeneka o ka makahiki a hiki i kēia lā, e hoʻokau ana i ka mokulele i ka wikiwiki e lele i 208,000 mau kaʻa i 2013.
He mea nui kēlā.
"ʻElua haneli tausani enplanements ke ʻano o ka helu kilokilo e hoʻomaka ana i ka nānā ʻana o nā mea lawe," wahi a Zalneraitis.
Ma ka mōʻaukala, ua kālele ʻo Durango i ka huki ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi mai nā mākeke i loko o ka lā holo kaʻa - ʻo ka Front Range, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah a me Texas ʻĀkau. Manaʻo ʻo Zalneraitis ʻo ka manawa kēia e noʻonoʻo nui ai ʻo Durango.
"ʻAʻole mākou i noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā Durango ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi ʻāina," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "ʻaʻole ia he mea koʻikoʻi nui no mākou, akā aia ka mana aupuni ma aneʻi."
Hoʻomau ka Repubalika i ka ʻaelike
Ke hana nei ka hui makua o Frontier, ʻo Republic Airways Holdings Inc., e kūʻai aku i ka mokulele. Ua komo ʻo Republic i kahi kuʻikahi kūlana me kahi mea kūʻai i ʻike ʻole ʻia. Inā hoʻokō ʻia nā kūlana, manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻaelike ma ka hopena o Kepakemapa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO Bryan Bedford i kahi hālāwai kūkā o Iulai 26 me nā mea hoʻopukapuka.
Ua hōʻole ʻo Frontier i kahi noi ninaninau, e haʻi ana i nā kūlana hūnā i ka ʻaelike e kali nei. I ka pane ʻana i nā nīnau i hoʻouna ʻia e ka leka uila, ua ʻōlelo ka waha ʻōlelo o Frontier ʻo Kate O'Malley e manaʻo ka mokulele e hoʻomaka hou i ka lele Durango i Mei.
"Ke hoʻolālā nei mākou e hoʻomau i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻāina ʻo Durango," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo O'Malley ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i nā mea hou e pili ana i ke kūʻai ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Turner he paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo inā makemake paha ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Frontier e mālama i ke ala Durango-Denver.
"Aneane hiki ʻole ke koho i ka mea hou a makemake ʻole e hana," wahi āna.
Ua hāʻule nā enplanements o Frontier ma Durango. Ua hāʻule ka huakaʻi o ka mokulele i ka 31 pakeneka a hiki i Iulai, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka manawa like i ka makahiki 2012.
Ua huki hou ʻo Frontier i kāna hub, ʻo Denver. Ua emi iho ka huakaʻi o Frontier ma waho o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Denver International ma 16.2 pakeneka a hiki i Iulai.
Hāʻawi ʻo Frontier i nā mokulele liʻiliʻi, a hoʻouka i nā mokulele i koe me nā poʻe kaʻa hou aku, wahi a Patrick Heck, ka luna kālā nui o DIA. Ua hana ʻo DIA e kūkulu i kahi mālama kālā inā maloʻo nā mokulele o Frontier.
"ʻAe, ke hopohopo nei mākou no ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o kekahi o kā mākou mea lawe nui no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ke ala e makemake ai ka mea hou e hele ai," wahi a Heck.
Hiki i nā hoʻololi nui a Frontier ke kaupalena i ka hiki ʻana o ka poʻe hele ke hoʻopili i ke koena o ka honua ma o DIA. ʻO kahi hapa ma muli o ka pūnaewele ʻo Frontier o nā wahi ʻoi aku ma mua o 75, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea mai Denver, hāʻawi ʻo DIA i ka lua o ka nui o nā wahi mokulele o ka ʻāina, ma hope wale nō ʻo Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
"ʻO (Frontier's) kahi pūnaewele nui loa mai Denver," wahi a Heck.
ʻO ke ala ʻo Durango "ʻaʻole paha he mea hoʻokele koʻikoʻi no ka nui o nā kaʻa e hele mai ana i Denver, akā ʻo nā mea a pau i hui pū ʻia he mea nui," wahi āna.
No ka wā e hiki mai ana ʻo Durango, hilinaʻi ʻo Turner e hakakā nā mea lawe kaʻa no nā poʻe kaʻa kūloko me ka ʻole o Frontier.
"E lilo ana ia i mākeke hoʻokūkū nui loa i nā manawa ʻaʻole hana ʻo Frontier i nā mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā," wahi āna. "Ua ulu maoli mākou i kahi mākeke kūloko maikaʻi."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Inā ʻo ke kūʻai aku ʻana o Frontier Airlines ʻo ia ka mea e hāʻule ai ka mea lawe moku iā Durango, ʻo Roger Zalneraitis, ka luna hoʻokele o ka La Plata County Economic Development Alliance, e ʻōlelo ana ke kokoke nei ke kahua mokulele i 200,000 enplanements, a ke hoʻomaka nei kēlā mau helu e huki i ka hoihoi mai nā mokulele ʻē aʻe.
- Frontier is expected to resume service to Durango in early May, although an exact date has not been set, said Kip Turner, the airport's director of aviation.
- But Taylor said he hopes Frontier maintains its Durango route, for the sake of flexibility and for the airline's role in keeping prices from inflating.
