Originally Posted by
Chimpy
I think what people are kind of missing is the large legacy airlines have multiple revenue streams and can get close enough on price to match us on where we fly. So, I think COST does matter. UAL/DAL/AA can subisidize the loss on these tickets becuase they have CC revenuve, intl etc. The only way we can subsidize lower ticket costs is by lowering labor cost?, lol
Yea, basically. The credit card programs, premium cabins, and cargo subsidize the economy tickets.