Originally Posted by
Packrat
Hate to break this to you, but its already happening. Just had a friend who got a ticket from IAD to ANC for $400. Interesting price when you consider the Delta price from EWR to IAD is more expensive.
Take a stroll through the B concourse the next time you're in ANC when the Delta jets are at the terminal. Packed.
FAI is the same way at gate 3 for the redeye. Delta is coming hard for Alaska business and the local loyalty doesn't appear to be holding, especially if the travelers are going anywhere other than the West Coast.
Just reporting my observations.
This. Delta is the best run airline in the country right now. Sure everything is cyclic, but even if they stopped trying, their momentum will carry them through the next decade. I did just walk through the terminal and Delta has the usual appeal it's developed everywhere.
Clean, organized and happy looking gates and full flights.
Originally Posted by
waterboy
You think the DOJ will sign off on the 2 dominant airlines in Seattle (and maybe ANC and FAI according to a previous post) Getting together? I don’t see it happening. I don’t see any merger/acquisition of AS by any of the big 4 happening. Only one that I could see happening is us with JetBlue. But who knows. I think the rumors of us getting bought is just us hope. Hope that it’ll get better here. And we HOPE another merger is the answer.
Delta would happily shed gates to make the DOJ happy. Afterall, C concourse is rats nest, with all the cramming of AG, and Delta learned to make things tidy. Plus American and United operate a fair few flights out of SEA, so I wouldn't worry about anti-trust.
I'm an outsider but I like AS and think they have a good product and loyal customers. Your employees are great too, but I also think they are being run likes it 1975.