Originally Posted by
Ferd149
Slow,
What about PDX HNL or SEA HNL or HNL ANC? I don't remember those being thin. Why did we give those up to Alaska? Seems to me that a 757 would be cheeper per seat mile over that distance.
I'm really tired of waking past gates in the Hawaiian Islands that Alaska are flying out of. Why aren't We doing those. Or even competing on them?
Ferd,
I don't know. I suspect that it's because Hawaii is historically a very low yield market that was used primarily for dumping frequent flyer points and vacation consolidation. As I recall NWA had a base there that had seen signficant variability in flying.
Don't get me wrong. I'd love to see us get more flying. But I'd also rather not work for the "stupidest competitor" that gets everybodies yields down.