When Allegiant Airlines wanted to land in Southern California, they looked at Ontario International Airport -- then looked west to Los Angeles International Airport where it was less expensive.
When Jet Blue tried to raise fares at Ontario to cover the cost of its once daily red-eye flight to New York, it couldn't, so it left.
Airlines land where there's demand, and there had been swelling populations in Riverside and San Bernardino counties wanting flights nearby.
But the region's housing-focused economy has been hit hard, and passenger airlines are cutting back. A larger percentage of seats were cut back at Ontario Airport last year than any other Southern California airport.
The cost for an airline to do business at the Inland runway has rarely been cheap, but now it's rising even more.
Read the story... | Source: Press Enterprise | Posted: 3/28/09
