http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/01/18/a-bigger-charlottesville-airport/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/01/18/a-bigger-charlottesville-airport/#comment-16725 What are the Chances the Charlottesville Airport would Close? | Real Central VA Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:38:13 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/01/18/a-bigger-charlottesville-airport/#comment-16725 [...] A bigger Charlottesville airport [...] [...] A bigger Charlottesville airport [...]

]]> http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/01/18/a-bigger-charlottesville-airport/#comment-12117 Jim Duncan Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:02:45 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/01/18/a-bigger-charlottesville-airport/#comment-12117 After flying to Chicago once every 30 or 45 days and having problems about 70% of the time, I have chosen to forgo CHO for the reliability, ease and competitive pricing of Richmond. I might be willing to pay for convenience, but getting stuck in Cincinnati, delayed in Charlotte, missing a plane at Dulles, all due to Charlottesville, aren't worth it. I'll drive, thank you. After flying to Chicago once every 30 or 45 days and having problems about 70% of the time, I have chosen to forgo CHO for the reliability, ease and competitive pricing of Richmond. I might be willing to pay for convenience, but getting stuck in Cincinnati, delayed in Charlotte, missing a plane at Dulles, all due to Charlottesville, aren’t worth it. I’ll drive, thank you.

]]> http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/01/18/a-bigger-charlottesville-airport/#comment-12077 Short Seller Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:43:54 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/01/18/a-bigger-charlottesville-airport/#comment-12077 CHO would do well to shore up the service it currently has rather than to focus on grandiose and unrealistic plans. (I fly between 75,000 and 100,000 miles a year, with departures scattered among IAD, RIC and CHO.) With $90/barrel oil forcing airline cutbacks and mergers, airlines are simply not looking to add service to small cities like Charlottesville. In fact, they are looking to consolidate it. I would be very surprised with the M&A talk going around in the industry if CHO has the same amount of seats flying in and out each day 12 months from now as it currently does. This airport authority has shown precious little foresight when it comes to its marketing efforts as it is. Remember the recent ad campaign promoting the comfort of travel through CHO relative to the "low-cost" service in RIC and Dulles? Makes you wonder if anyone in the airport's administration had ever flown on one of the commercial flights departing from CHO. Let's see, the luxury and comfort of a circa-1981 Piedmont Dash 8 turboprop vs., say, a brand-new JetBlue Embraer 190 in Richmond with TVs at every seat for 1/2 of the price. Tough choice! CHO would do well to shore up the service it currently has rather than to focus on grandiose and unrealistic plans. (I fly between 75,000 and 100,000 miles a year, with departures scattered among IAD, RIC and CHO.) With $90/barrel oil forcing airline cutbacks and mergers, airlines are simply not looking to add service to small cities like Charlottesville. In fact, they are looking to consolidate it. I would be very surprised with the M&A talk going around in the industry if CHO has the same amount of seats flying in and out each day 12 months from now as it currently does.
This airport authority has shown precious little foresight when it comes to its marketing efforts as it is. Remember the recent ad campaign promoting the comfort of travel through CHO relative to the “low-cost” service in RIC and Dulles? Makes you wonder if anyone in the airport’s administration had ever flown on one of the commercial flights departing from CHO.
Let’s see, the luxury and comfort of a circa-1981 Piedmont Dash 8 turboprop vs., say, a brand-new JetBlue Embraer 190 in Richmond with TVs at every seat for 1/2 of the price.
Tough choice!

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