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Old 02-19-2021, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Lifeisgood View Post
I have a friend in delta IT, who is on a corporate accounts team. It amazing what they can calculate, last week he said pre-covid dal had 28% share of all corporate travel in the US. He said today we are at 40%! Whatever corporate travel takes place in the US now, dal is doing 40% of it. It’s small number is absolute figures, but the big chunk of it is dal.

He thinks it’s because of more space - no middle seat and half delta one. They love it. He said once the cap goes away we’d probably slide back to 28% share.

He said Premiums are 10-12%, 10-20 would be nice!
That's very insightful. Basically, it's not about ultra clean airplanes (can't hurt though); it's about leg room, plenty of overhead bin space, quick boarding/deplaning, etc.

Too bad Delta can't do that in the long run. Boutique airlines try this every now and then; when push comes to shove, people would rather save $100 bucks on a ticket and put up with the sardine can.
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