I don't care how slick Fort Wayne International Airport's marketing campaign is. If it's a whole lot cheaper to fly out of Indianapolis, more people are going to fly out of Indianapolis. If there only a $40 or $50 difference, sure, some people might be convinced by billboards saying "Sleepless? FWA to Seattle -- 10 times a day" or even "Bonjour Times Four -- FWA to Pairs -- 4 times a day" (although that last one is doubtful). But when it's routinely more than $100 more expensive to fly out of FWA, and sometimes even $600, no way.
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If there is any other "good side" to this, it's the fact that I have a lot FEWER low-flying planes whose noise drowns out my TV from 9PM-11PM, or wakes me up at 3AM. During the day is fine, as long as the minimum height requirement is NOT broken (as it frequently is).
I suppose this is impacting significantly on FWIA's "master plan" for the next 20 years (one item of which is a parallel runway to the current N/S 23)...Oh well, maybe all the eggs shouldn't be placed in ONE (higher-priced) basket.
B.G.