Originally Posted by
squaretail
Why? I remember everyone saying JetBlue would fail... well, fail once they had to pay their maintenance, or American was going to buy them... etc. this goes back though Morris Air, through People's Express, and all the way to that little start-up Southwest -- legacies and their pilots have predicted the doom of, arguably, the most succesful part of the market for decades.
The truth is, if you want to see the play book of how NOT to compete with an LCC, look no further than Delta.
You may be right, but... because you shot from the hip, I ask... Why?
Because JB is a rare exception. They also didn't try to start up in an already saturated East Coast market. When they started in JFK, it was only slot restricted in the afternoon. Much less domestic traffic out of JFK then. You have named around 4 airlines that were successful start ups. Go look around on the Internet and see how many start ups have failed. The ratio of failed is successful is staggering. How did SkyBus do? VA has made a profit in only ONE quarter.
It's unlikely they'll be successful, especially in this economy.