Originally Posted by
cbire880
I'm still betting that in 10-15 years we will see what we call "majors" flying primarily international and transcon operations. They will outsource most if not all of their domestic feed to "jet carrier affiliates." Whether they do it as direct feed with the same colors on the tail or as a "codeshare" to get around scope, its going to happen. The domestic market is not profitable at the cost structure legacy carries operate in the long term. Of course, I also think SWA is going to be in big trouble in 10-15 as well.
Exactly! Mainline is aggressively trying to limit their own exposure to domestic flying and concentrate on the big $$$ oceanic travelers. Believe it or not its not the average economy passenger that make the money for the majors, its the business and first class folks. Its THIS market that they are aggessively going after.