Originally Posted by
senecacaptain
My buddy at Frontier says their flights are pretty darn full.
I think the ULCC/LCC model is more immune to this. It is hard to make money when you fly 777/787's to Asia and Europe, and those PAX board via DFW and ORD, fed by 737/A320s.
the Big-3 model depends on the business traveler for revenue. Corporate America, Federal Government, and others are cancelling meetings and conferences, and embracing web conferencing/etc.
ULCC/LCC are possibly better able to endure this storm.
My opinion
The problem isn’t flight loads now. It’s the demand in the upcoming months that has fallen off a cliff. No airline will be immune.