No surprise here. We have been saying now for two years ($100,000 less then IMG) that we need to target second-tier carriers like TransMeridian (went out of business), Allegiant, Hooters and USA3000 with direct flights to popular leisure destinations. Hooters would be a great addition. It only makes sense for secondary airports like ORH target second-tier airports.
Since our new assistant City Manager is from Portsmouth (another secondary airport) maybe we should work with them to help create a combined package to bring Hooters and/or USA3000 into the NorthEast with flights from Portsmouth and Worcester. Both airports currently only have Allegiant. How about a Hooters Restaurant at the airport???
The surprising thing in this story is the demise of DJ Air, which I said from the beginning would never happen. Think about it they wanted to base their hub in Worcester?? This never made sense to me. Worcester Airport can be an asset to Worcester, but w/o an access road it would never generate enought traffic to support the operation DJ Air was proposing, who by the way were short $100,000,000 before their first flight ever got off the ground.
Why I am at, there is no chance of Frontier, SunCountry or SunShip1 (IMG targeted them both) of coming to Worcester. Our next two steps should be to fly the City Mgr.Mayor to USA3000 headqtrs in Philadelphia and invite Bill Herp of Linear Air to Worcester. No!! Better yet, lets give IMG another $50,000 to ask them what to do next...
http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_047163051.html
(CBS4) WORCESTER Worcester city leaders are courting a new airline for possible landings at their near empty airport. Who are they talking to? Hooters Air.Hooters has about 400 restaurants nationwide, known for its scantily clad waitresses. It is also a successful airline, and the Hooters girls could be touching down next in Worcester."Hooters Air is a well respected start-up airline that has done well in recent years and one we are engaged in conversations with,” says Mayor Tim Murray.
Hooters Air is based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and currently flies to Florida and some major cities across the country. The question is, will Worcester be added to the list?So why the interest in Hooters Air? City leaders were talking to the DJ Air group, but that looks doubtful so it is back to the drawing the board.“The key is getting airlines up to Worcester Airport,” Mayor Murray says.
“Believe it or not, Hooters has a well run airline and it’s growing, and that’s what we are looking at.”In January, Allegiant Airlines started a handful of flights to Florida from Worcester. But the airport is still basically empty, and has been for years.The airline web site promises two Hooters girls on every flight.The company president tells CBS4 that he is not at liberty to discuss the negotiations.
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Steve:
SunShip1 has no flights right now...
Frontier Airline is a West Coast based airline wiht no operations in the NorthEast. I highly doubt one of their first markets in the NorthEast would be ORH. In addition they are not a second-tier carrier which we would focus on in the short-term.
Of the three Sun Country has the best chance since their base is in the Mid-West (Minnesota) but they also have no flights into the Northeast (except NYC).
Obviously there is a chance of anything happening but we need to focus on our best chances and that is USA3000, Hooters and Linear Air.
USA 3000 doesn't service cities like Worcester either.
Alec:
USA3000 flies to all the markets that we need in Florida. Fort Lauderdale, St Petes, Fort Myers and Orlando (already have Sanford).
If they flew out of Providence, Hartford, Manchester or Hartford then I would agree with you. Since I think there is little chance that they would go to Youngstown when they out of Pitt and Canton.
In addition USA3000 has a partner charter company, Apple Vacations, which would be ideal for ORH. USA3000 can be convinced to come to ORH with the right incentive program.
Adding more flights out of ORH is great, I hope Mayor Tim Murray can push the Hooters deal through. I'm worried, though because I think he's running for governor or something, so he feel like he isn't able to be so vocal about this because those friggin' liberals might bash him for it. I say to Tim: screw them and the women's lib high horses they ride on - we need the Hooters service to show that ORH is ready to roll.
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