Originally Posted by
gloopy
If we only put 6 pax on their flights, then why does the company need 35% or even 50% in many cases?
Could it be that the 6 pax average figure is taken entirely out of context? Who cares if that's what it ends up being because the vast majority of their "flights" are to tiny little niche airports? 35% to 50% of DL pax on their flights, on large narrowbody aircraft, being filled with DL pax is entirely unacceptable.
If its only 6, then let's limit it to 6. The company should have no problem with that. Right? Heck let's double it and limit it to 12! I'd be cool with that.
Gloopy we all know that you know the answer to your question but, me being the type of person I am, I will rise to the bait!
The key to Sailings post is "average." I can see that figure being correct/accurate. You get none or one, possibly two passengers on AK's flights to, as you put it, tiny little niche airports and then you can get 30 passengers on SEA to LAX or SFO for example. Hence the need for 35% and 50%. The average over all code share flights is still 6.........
I don't particularly like the codeshare but I don't see it going away anytime soon and we
do need the feed on the west coast. Though, just one time I would like to see us/Delta move into one of there markets like they have been doing to ours over that last few years. We could start with SEA-LAX-SEA. Heck they do it to us to MSP, ATL, and soon SLC..... I'd like to see us move in on some of their routes "in the spirit of competition."
Denny