Originally Posted by
VacancyBid
They need to optimise RASM why? to make wall street happy
Put another way, how much more does it cost to fly a Max8 versus a Max7 over the same route with same payload. Does the fuel burn delta really tank the operation? Is there some other increased marginal cost for operating an 8?
Good questions. Also, how does Alaska make money flying their 800s with only 159 seats?
The obvious solution here is to implement first class which would bring in more business travel, attract the post-Covid leisure travelers that are splurging on first class and which is most likely a new permanent kind of traveler at this point, and solve the 800 having too many seats.
But it will never happen because that’s too drastic of a change from how SWA operated in 1971.