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    Express Jet, what the hell?

    What the hell is up Express Jet? They issued a press release for every route that they operate, my goodness, that is tacky...


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    Well as we saw with Fly I, no way can an airline using RJs make it. RJ's are very expensive to fly and with no connecting service this isn't going to work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T-Bird76
    no way can an airline using RJs make it
    Yeah, but these are ERJ's. Not sure that will make a difference though. But I hope they last--we need them at YOW to provide competition. Plus, I like the look of them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by uplander
    Quote Originally Posted by T-Bird76
    no way can an airline using RJs make it
    Yeah, but these are ERJ's. Not sure that will make a difference though. But I hope they last--we need them at YOW to provide competition. Plus, I like the look of them.
    No real difference between the CRJ and the ERJ as far as operating costs. Express jet would be better off parking them.

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    Re: Express Jet, what the hell?

    Quote Originally Posted by Midnight Mike
    What the hell is up Express Jet? They issued a press release for every route that they operate, my goodness, that is tacky...
    It's sorta annoying, but given the way the search engines, RSS feeds, newswires and all that stuff works, issuing a separate release for each city helps ensure that news editors in each relevant city will see it. For example, a release saying "ExpressJet Launches Service Under Its Own Brand At KCI" is a lot more likely to be noticed and picked up by the Kansas City Star than "ExpressJet Launches Service Under Its Own Brand In 24 Cities." Writing out each city rather than just the airport codes would have helped more.
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    But unlike FlyI, Express Jet is operating out of smaller cities nonstop. I don't know if it will work, but it is different than FlyI's approach.
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    Sounds like they are starting non-stop service from COS to 3 California cities... Made the news here tonight, and has a good shot of actually being pretty successful, if fares can stay competitive with those out of DEN.

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