A replenished United would have more resources to battle them through its low-fare service, Ted, and cheaper tickets on mainline routes.
The section below discusses the emergence of low-fare service, and the airport's resulting service renaissance, beginning around 2000.
Loftleiðir's pioneering low-fare services across the North-Atlantic then commenced in 1953.
Delta Air Lines executives said they would announce their plan for a new low-fare service in the East and possibly elsewhere in coming months.
During the 1990s, Albany and other Upstate markets enjoyed little low-fare service, and the legacy carriers mostly kept fares high.
It had hoped to begin low-fare service this year to Europe, a plan scrapped when it filed for bankruptcy protection last year.
This was also the time BCal came up with a proposal to create a new network of European low-fare services.
In 1953 Loftleiðir pioneered low-fare services across the North Atlantic and became quite successful for the greater part of two decades.
Instead, the airline proposed a scheduled low-fare service from London Gatwick with one stop.
He warned that traditional airlines will be in danger of cannibalizing their business if they offer low-fare service on routes already served by their mainline operations.