Originally Posted by
Lambourne
Do you have the numbers to back up your statements or is it your gut instinct? That record profit that was linked was for Q3 2014. Prior to fuel price decline. Our December RPM's were up slightly on 2.3% ASM increase. LF declined 1.9% due to the larger increase in ASM versus December "13. So overall we put more people in seats in December '14 versus "13. The numbers don't reflect those droves you mention.
Ummmmm, per UAL's press release, we carried almost 300,000 fewer passengers in Dec '14 as compared to '13. 2.4% less. Is it droves leaving? No, but not a gain either like you state.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/united...221500534.html
ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)
Mainline
7,516
7,637
(1.6%)
91,475
91,329
0.2%
Regional
3,810
3,968
(4.0%)
46,554
47,880
(2.8%)
Consolidated
11,326
11,605
(2.4%)
138,029
139,209
(0.8%)