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Originally Posted by Nova08
The Trenton airport having a handful flights a day on an ultra low cost carrier is really nothing to write home about. Wilmington is not losing out on business because of the lack of air service and vice versa, the increase in business does not mean Wilmington needs a bustling airport. There are so many options around...which is where this topic originated.
The city of Wilmington is seriously closer to PHL (20 miles) than DFW is to Dallas (~26 miles) and IAH is to Houston (21 miles). ORD from Chicago is just a bit closer at 17 miles, but those 17 miles easily take 1 hour in the car throughout much of the day.
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Maybe, but I don't think proximity to intl airports is really the biggest problem for ILG. I think airlines that have come to ILG didn't do a good job of attacking the market and attracting people. Frontier was the closest to being successful, but they decided to suspend flights out of nowhere, giving people tickets to cancelled flights and that made less and less people fly Frontier which hurt Frontier and ILG. Also, about NYC, I understand it is very dense and has a ton of air travel, but I almost wonder how they can have three airports instead of one big one. Also, couldn't Wilmington Airport appeal to people who visit southern Delaware, where there isn't any commercial airports. Also, Delaware is 6th in the nation for population density so its not like this region isn't densely populated. Maybe I am overthinking this topic though because I get very annoyed to hear things about Wilmington and Delaware like "the only state without commercial air service" and also knowing that I've flown out of ILG when commercial service was there and enjoyed it a lot.
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