ExpressJet to end San Diego flights

ExpressJet has announced that it will end its remaining San Diego flights under its own brand name as of September 2.

The airline flew to ten cities from San Diego's Lindbergh Field. ExpressJet had announced previously it would no longer serve four of them – Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Omaha, and Bakersfield.

Now services to Fresno, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Boise, Idaho, Colorado Springs, and Spokane will be discontinued as well, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

Hampton Brown, Manager of Air Services Development for Lindbergh Field told the newspaper that ExpressJet's exit from the San Diego market will result in a 2.2 percent reduction of the seat capacity at the airport.

ExpressJet's exodus, in addition to other airline route cuts, means there will be fewer flight options and potentially higher fares for travelers, Brown said.

For instance, ExpressJet passengers who used to be able to fly direct to Spokane will have to get connecting flights from Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Seattle with other airlines.

"It's a supply-demand exercise," Brown said. "If there are only five bananas at the store and the demand for bananas is the same, the price of bananas is going to rise."

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[sherine parker]

Now that fuel prices are low, will Express Jet resume service from San Diego to Fresno???