Originally Posted by
Flytolive
Did they say when UAL is going to be as profitable as DAL?
Yes, and the answer was "we will get close but we will never be able to match Delta precisely". The metric if I remember correctly was we pay something like $22 per passenger for passengers in Newark, and if I recall the cost for DAL in Atlanta is $2 per passenger and there are even bases (I forget which) where DAL gets paid $1 per passenger - maybe Detroit? . . . I forget. Point was we absolutely can compete and make money in our hubs, but DAL will always be more profitable because they have a couple hubs that are vastly less expensive.