Originally Posted by
AncientAliens
They've been talking about huge growth the entire 2+ years I've been here. Where is it going to come from? We can't get any more gates in ORD and our forward thinking leadership decided to let half of F9's gates in DEN fall into Delta's hands. Is there that much excess capacity in MCO?
I'm risking stating the obvious. 2 year upgrades have always been a myth. But they've also put out the aircraft delivery schedule, and net new aircraft didn't even begin on paper until now. The problem is, those net new aircraft aren't materializing due to Airbus having problems getting the NEOs out of the factory. There are probably many explanations for this, and I don't know them. But the reality is that we are way behind schedule for additional aircraft. We're so behind, in fact, that mgmt has wet leased our routes on other airlines' 737's. Until deliveries begin en masse, upgrade rates will not change, and "huge growth" will remain elusive.