The Task Force's work has paid off and great progress has been made. Los Angeles and San Francisco are now served with more than 51 flights daily, including jets on Air 21. American Airlines brought back its second jet in April, doubling the travel capability for connections to the East Coast through Dallas. America West Express has upgraded its aircraft with three jets daily to Phoenix. American Eagle has upgraded service to 34-passenger cabin class aircraft.
Reasonable fares are available with new low-cost carriers providing competition on the routes.
A new low-cost carrier generates additional traffic and other carriers increase as well. People may have the perception that a new carrier will draw from existing carriers but the opposite occurs - they generate new traffic as people decide to fly out of Fresno rather than another airport or decide to fly rather than drive.