Originally Posted by
shiznit
So this NRT thing is roughly 5000* pax per year on codeshare flights.....
That translates to about 417 code share passengers per month. Code shares don't make Delta much money, they get a finder's fee (ref ALK).
A finder's fee for a code share is probably around $50 per ticket*.
This is worth roughly $20,850 per month to Delta, a shade under $250k per year. Revenue estimates for 2013 are around $38 BILLION. This would equate to 0.00000657631579% of the revenue for Delta.
So, tell me how much the Company really cares if ALPA makes them cancel the codeshare again?
All calculations are subject to error:
*per a previous poster
**per previous discussion on a thread somewhere
Exactly. And what is the potential downside? We say nope. You have to pull down the codeshare and then they say fine, we are gonna cut all the unprofitable flying to/from NRT since we have no contractual obligations anymore. I have no idea of the profitability of those flights, and I highly suggest that those that are grabbing their pitchforks better get that data before you go down this path. The downside risk could very well be more detrimental than beneficial. That being said, I would guess the company still does desire labor peace, so we will have a little leverage to negotiate from. We will see in September.