Originally Posted by
R0GER BALL
Noting April bid, is it Covid that is putting the West back into Skywest? That company or partner driven?
This is a well-observed phenomena... cooped-up people who want to get out of the house are flocking to western destinations which offer numerous outdoor activities which are healthy, fun, and socially distant.
While telecommuters can work from almost anywhere, they typically can't work from a moving car on a multi-day road-trip. So they zoom in the morning, take the afternoon off to jump on a flight, and pick back up the next day with nobody the wiser. As opposed to blowing multiple vacation days to drive.
Other airlines are seeing the same.