There has been much talk lately about how to reduce ticket prices at Shreveport Regional Airport. I was asked about this yesterday at my interview with the Shreveport Times Editorial Board. My solutions was two-fold:
1) attract more people to Shreveport by creating new attractions and bringing more businesses to the city. If we have more people flying to and from here, it will reduce the price per ticket.
2) Recruit discount carriers such as Southwest to the area. When there is a discount carrier, major carriers adjust their price to stay competitive.
Today the Wall Street Journal published an article about the impact of discount carriers an various markets throughout the country. This article reinforces my advocacy of bringing in a discount carrier. Here's the link:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704540904575451653489562606.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_6
