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BitterStatus9 t1_je5vno3 wrote

Reply to comment by therealDrA in Breeze Airways opens base of operations in Rhode Island by therealDrA

There are other stories of airlines connecting small markets non-stop. I remember taking a (nice) 6-person corporate jet to and from Pittsburgh out of TF Green about 7 years ago, can't remember the name of the carrier. They disappeared.

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FranklinDC t1_je6341p wrote

Wow, how expensive was that??

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BitterStatus9 t1_je6g4ug wrote

I was able to expense it to a non-profit consulting client, so it couldn't have been that expensive. About what you'd pay to connect through Newark or O'Hare on a large carrier like United.

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Burn_ThemAll t1_je68tq5 wrote

Was it Sun Country? They were in PVD for a bit, I did a flight to Minneapolis a couple times and it was good but the airline pulled out after a year or two.

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platzie t1_je79dvo wrote

Sun Country is still flying out of PVD. They used to have a direct flight to New Orleans which they stopped doing, but the flight to Minneapolis is still going.

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Burn_ThemAll t1_je7femu wrote

Huh. Maybe it was temporarily suspended during the pandemic? I have family in MN and remember it was no longer offered, at least for a while. Good to know!

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platzie t1_je7gcmm wrote

I think it could also be seasonal. I just checked and their flights from PVD to MSP start Memorial Day weekend and go twice a week through August, then down to once a week before stopping in December.

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Burn_ThemAll t1_je7gzd3 wrote

Also good to know! Thanks for the info. I was last there in October, but I somehow had no idea Sun Country was running flights again. I booked with JetBlue out of Boston last trip!

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therealDrA OP t1_je6cwa2 wrote

I think they chartered a business jet (six seats). Apples and oranges.

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BitterStatus9 t1_je6fy9d wrote

It's not that different: a commercial carrier markets its trips on a regular schedule between two under-served (they think) airports. The requisite number of pax never shows up, and they fold. The only difference is the size of the plane. Providence is never going to generate enough non-stop traffic at prevailing prices to keep a carrier afloat, and the bigger the plane, the steeper the wall they need to climb to stay solvent.

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