Originally Posted by
gloopy
I agree a widebody does it better. JB is going to war with the army they have though, and the new 321 is better than any previous NB at least. They don't have to "win" to win. They only have to wage a war of yield reducing/capacity dumping attrition to cause legacies to reduce their footprint to accomidate them. Unlike other attempts, they have a massive domestic feed network already established. They will take significant amounts of lay flat, economy and even some cargo, straight off the top of existing legacy revenue, while reducing revenue on what's left. Legacies will soon have to choose between losing some money near term to fight it off or lose far more over the long term to accomidate it.
Maybe, maybe not. There are lots of markets to Europe that have plenty of O&D from BOS; its hardly a secondary city just because its not NYC. We already fly 330's to Europe from BOS. Their 321 product is great...for a 321 but its certainly not better than our suites on our 339's. Plus its not just us; they wont be giving BA and VS a run for their money to LHR with a 321. They also dont have slots for LHR indefinitely. I dont see them as a huge threat.