How credible is Porter’s new openness to competition?
It is right to be concerned. More airplanes will mean a lot more noise, pollution and traffic.
Its success is dependent upon US airlines being permitted to fly into it.
Look at Continental’s submission to the DOT last week, posted on this blog. If the Island Airport really is open to competition, why is Continental finding it impossible?
Why does Porter or the TPA not release the Commercial Carrier Operating Agreement, so that all can see just what rights Porter owns, and what it doesn’t? The public interest, surely, demands that. To date, that ‘s a closely guarded secret.
Kinda like Lisa Raitt’s expense account as TPA CEO.
The US government fell for Lisa Raitt’s assurances in 2007 to US Air, when she had to know – since she negotiated it - that Porter had already been granted exclusivity on the Philadelphia route that US Air sought. Of course, US Air does not fly out of that airport, and likely never intended to.
Let’s watch to see if the TPA tries the same ruse with the US DOT this time round.
Brian Iler
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