Originally Posted by
satpak77
AMR/LCC should give whatever slots away to whoever and be done with it. Lets look at the 10, 20 year business strategy. So the reduce presence into DCA, ok, so be it. Their entire quarterly earnings statement is not DCA driven, obviously.
Lets stop looking at trees and look at the forest. Better yet, the mountain range.
The DCA market is one of the most lucrative in the country. Before the merger with America West, it was something like 25% of Airways traffic and 50% of its revenue, which is why the closure of DCA after 9/11 was so devastating to Airways financially. Parker will fight and scratch to keep every slot he can in DCA. It's a gold mine, which is why Southwest, JetBlue, et al are salivating over the idea of getting some of these slots.