Originally Posted by
Fast90
United and Southwest get better lease rates than F9? Level playing field? How in the world then do we give up gates when United or Southwest can’t come close to our CASM or RASM? We have the lowest costs. A real head scratcher.
Ummm.... we have the lowest costs for about 50 different reasons, but part of it is trying to find cheaper airport fees. United and SW aren't getting cheaper gates at DEN, they are just willing to pay for them. United is willing to pay top dollar for Denver gates and and we aren't.
I pressed Biffle on Denver growth plans about a year ago and he explained to me that the airport fees to fly DEN to LAX are 34 bux, and COS to ONT are 6.