As I recall ted comes about breakeven, they say united just runs it as a solem flipping of the bird to frontier, though don't quote me on that.
As to more airlines picking up that model: who knows? It seems like a solid model, with jetblue and southwest running the LC shtick pretty well, but I would imagine that if running that shtick as a subsidiary like DAL and UA do was that amazing other airlines would have already caught on.
I don't think there will be another restart for a while, as the next big feature to come out is liable to be the stock market(don't hold me to that), which should need at the most just some downtime as we update the database, not a full-out restart.
Word on the grapevine is that the loadfactor script is going to be either overhauled or rewritten, Miller just needs to get a hold of the fellow who cowrote it.
AirAmerica(AAM), former industry leader, has anouncced its grand reopening. Although the three US cities served today were a far cry from AirAmerica's former globe-spanning network, hopes are high on wall street, with the shares of AAM skyrocketing almost 300%, elevating it from pennystock status.
However, some still doubt the company's abillity to perform, citing the crowded market, and headstart competitors have on the newly restructured giant-become-knat.