Originally Posted by
Aero1900
I've stated this here multiple times. But I will again.
The point of a business is growth and profits. The bigger the company, the higher the profit. Indigo has no intention of making small airlines, and having them stop growing. They want to be as big as possible. Double the fleet, and you double your revenue. Every business wants to be big.
Frontier will continue to grow.
I hope you are correct, but the fact remains that since Indigo purchased us, net aircraft in the fleet has remained flat. They have taken new aircraft but also returned aircraft (and in some cases returned fairly new 320s), but total aircraft in fleet has not increased. Yes, seat count is up. Utilization is up and total pilots on property has increased.
I guess that is still considered growth, but not the growth that Indigo promised 3 years ago.
Growth costs money and is a belief and a plan for tomorrow. Any money invested in growth, is money that Indigo can not put in their pocket today.
I guess I am playing a mental game of devils advocate with myself!! I hope Aero's assessment is spot on!