Originally Posted by
trip
The problem is one week of light loads on the mainline 160 seater will wipe out the razor thin profit for the whole month, really is a double edged sword flying into smaller markets. I don't have the answer, maybe the cities will eventually have to pony up to a break even.
Not sure I believe this at all. My last 4 late flights into EWR all had a TOTAL of 7 pax. Granted I'm on a 50 seater not 160, but they still pay for the plane whether it's full or not. If they were worried about light loads, they would leave these planes at the outstations instead of bringing them back to the hub empty, or almost empty.