Originally Posted by
Dragonslayer69
I know the article says pax are willing to splurge on airfare, but what is it they are splurging on? I think they are starting to pay more so they are not being treated like cargo in the hold of a slave ship. I think people would gladly save money on airfare for slightly less seat padding and a tray table the size of a flip phone folded up if they were treated like actual customers spending hard earned money on our product.
I'm beginning to believe it reliability is a very high percentage is the reason our loads are fralling. Customers can't trust us to get them where they are heading in a reasonable timeframe. This eats into vacations and upsets employers on the return. This is a major problem. I was recently JSing on AA 321s and they were 100% full in both directions. Demand isn't down, demand for F9 is.