Lightfoot

Lightfoot is a Centreburg-based low-cost airline operating routes primarily to points within the United States. It operates flights on short and medium-haul routes from Centreburg Gateway International Airport using Airbus A320 aircraft obtained from its parent company, Corraile Airlines. Its head office is in Terminal 1 at Centreburg Gateway International Airport in Gateway City.

History
Throughout most of the 21st century, Corraile Airlines began to lose market share on both domestic routes and short international routes to both full-service competitors such as IslandFLY and low-cost carriers such as Bird.com and Centreburg Express. In order to effectively respond to the rise in competition in sectors that were deemed as too important to lose, the carrier began to introduce changes to its route network domestically. Full-service operations were cut altogether, having been replaced by a low-fare shuttle operation, and the airline generally adopted the operation structure of a LCC for it's domestic networks. This helped to allow the company to remain competitive in the hotly-contested domestic aviation market, maintaining the company's position as the leading domestic carrier in Corraile.

The success of such reorganisation convinced the management and Board of Directors to pursue such changes to the short-international route network into the United States and Canada. However, it was later decided that to do so would negatively affect the company's reputation as a full-service carrier, and it was thus decided that a new LCC would be formed to supplant the carrier's mainline operations into major points across America. Approval was granted by the Board of Directors in late 2010, and approval was given by the C3A 4 months later in early 2011.

In April 2012, the company announced the formation of Lightfoot as the company's newest subsidiary, operating low-fare, no-frills services into Eastern and Central United States and supplanting Corraile Airlines' operations into the region. Dave Sanders, formerly Managing Director at Corraile Airlines, was appointed as the airline's new CEO, and 4 ex-Corraile Airlines Airbus A320 aircraft were transferred into the new company. Later on, the company announced Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport would be the airline's first destination, and that the carrier would be based at Centreburg Gateway International Airport.

On 22 November 2012, the company commenced operations, with flight LT336 departing Centreburg Gateway for Washington DC.

The continued acquisition of additional Airbus aircraft through various leasing sources enabled the airline to expand through 2013, adding service to several US cities, including Fort Myers, Charlotte and Syracuse.

Destinations


The airline has announced that it will serve these destinations beginning 22 November 2012:

Fleet


As announced on 7 April 2012, Lightfoot's fleet consists of four Airbus A320-200s with plans in place to have 26 aircraft by 2014. As of June 2013, it has 8 Airbus A320-200s. Its initial fleet was acquired from its parent airline and reconfigured with a new seating layout with a single-class seating configuration in place of the two-class arrangement when the aircraft were operating for Corraile Airlines. The Airbus A320 fleet is expected to be expanded significantly, with the transferral of new aircraft from it's parent company as well as the addition of newer Airbus A320neo aircraft.

Cabin


Lightfoot operates a buy on board service on all flights. Preordering of all onboard services is possible via the booking process.

All aircraft operated by the company are laid out in a single class arrangement, with six-abreast seating and maximum capacity for 180 passengers. Seats are leather-clad, and have the same dimensions as the TravellerShuttle seats found on domestic Corraile Airlines aircraft. An in-flight magazine, Skipalong, is provided as free reading material for passengers