Originally Posted by
Confused
I do agree though, this business model is in dire straights. No major wants to sign on for more than a few short years with a feeder. The contracts are much less lucrative. As soon as one carrier gets something good going another operator comes along and undercuts them.
Take what SkyWest did with US Airways for example, they are operating at a loss of somewhere in the neighborhood of $60,000 a plane because of the money they have in the bank, just to get their foot in the door with US Airways. How in the world do you undercut Mesa, that's quite an accomplishment and a possible new low...