Originally Posted by
dera
Not directly related to Via, but come on... You do realize CASM is MUCH higher in a 50 seater than a 70 seater RJ?
Plenty of ways to go bankrupt flying too small planes that are full.
But come on.... You do realize without the RASM the 76 seater loses more money.
By your definition we should be flying A380’s into Presque Isle Maine because the CASM is less.....
It’s not CASM..... it’s RASM. You have to have the revenue to support the airframe. In the markets they’re serving the E145 makes money, the E175’s don’t. Can’t fill enough seats yet. Which brings us back to nobody has ever gone bankrupt flying too small a plane that was always full. Don’t believe me, ask Bob Crandall, it’s a quote from him, and I’d venture to say he knows more about it that all of us.
This might help too
http://www.oliverwyman.de/content/da...c_Analysis.pdf