Expressjet, best known for operating Continental regional flights, will be operating flights under its own name, due to decreased demand for its services. Expressjet is painfully aware of the lessons of Independence Air…whose independence did not last as long as many had hoped.
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Expressjet’s new commercial service includes, according to their website:
- San Diego to:
- Fresno
- Monterey
- Bakersfield
- Spokane
- Boise
- Omaha
- Colorado Springs
- Tulsa
- Oklaholma City
- LA/Ontario to:
- Monterey
- Fresno
- Boise
- Spokane
- Colorado Springs
- Albuquerque
- Tucson
- El Paso
- Austin
- San Antonio
- Tulsa
- Oklaholma City
- Omaha
- Kansas City
- Sacramento to:
- Spokane
- Tulsa
- Oklaholma City
- San Antonio
- Tucson
- Colorado Springs
- Albuquerque
- Tucson to:
- Sacramento
- Kansas City
- Austin
- San Antonio
- Albuquerque to:
- Sacramento
- Ontario
- Tulsa
- Oklaholma City
- Austin
- San Antonio
- Austin to:
- Corpus Christi
- Ontario
- Tucson
- Albuquerque
- Oklaholma City
- Tulsa
- New Orleans
- Jacksonville
- Kansas City
- Kansas City to:
- Louisville
- Raleigh/Durham
- Jacksonville
- New Orleans
- Austin
- Tucson
- Ontario
- Louisville to:
- Raleigh/Durham
- Kansas City
- Raleigh/Durham to:
- Jacksonville
- New Orleans
- Birmingham
- San Antonio
- Louisville
- Kansas City
- San Antonio
- Birmingham to:
- Raleigh-Durham
- New Orleans
- New Orleans to:
- Raleigh-Durham
- Birmingham
- Jacksonville
- Kansas City
- Austin
- San Antonio
The service will launch in April, and online reservations will be available soon. Until then…you can call 1-888-958-XJET(9538). By serving underserved markets that currently have no nonstop service between them, it will distinguish itself from other carriers. Independence’s mistake might have been that it launched from Washington-Dulles…already a hub of a powerful airline like United.
By defocusing itself…it has a better chance of filling niches without facing competition that will force it to keep its fares below costs. We will continue to monitor them with interest.
