Here's how capacity constraint works in the DAL AS Enhanced Marketing Agreement:
- Alaska Airlines reported a 10.4% increase in traffic on a 7.2% increase in capacity
- Delta reported a 0.9% decrease in traffic on a 2.2% decrease in capacity
I'll break it out, for those who say we have Intl and Domestic, but the conclusion is the same:
- Domestic traffic increased 0.5% year over year on a 3.3% decrease in capacity. The domestic load factor increased 3.2 points to 83%.
- International traffic decreased 2.8% year over year on a 0.6% decrease in capacity, and the load factor decreased 2.0 points to 84.5%.
As for the RJ "pulldown", compared to our Domestic mainline operation:
- Mainline RPM Flat
- Regional RPM +2.3%
- Mainline ASM -3.8%
- Regional ASM -1.5%
Cheers
George