Originally Posted by
El10
Can you explain how DAL is so far ahead of us?
If you would look at the year end earnings you'd see that they made out in domestic travel in 2015. Their EOY numbers showed international was down 5-14% depending on the region. Guess where we have the bulk of our seats? Also, their management didn't go for Shiny Jet Syndrome. They fly older, cheaper planes that use more gas but require less CAPEX. In this environment of lower fuel costs they reap a higher % since they don't have near the aircraft costs we do. In other words, their management out played ours, again.