Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
Couple of experts here, clearly.
Hawaii is a multi layered deal. Even if the flights themselves break even, that whole node of the network is a magnet for the biggest money maker of them all, which is a branded credit card and the associated points.
At this point, they would have cut and run if it was a loser or at least pulled back significantly. The load factors are going to be awful when you fly 175 seat airplanes inter-island. Inter-island loses money so that the rest of it can make money. It was the key that caused the red carpet to get rolled out. Once redeyes come online, (allegedly early 25) I suspect that there will be a lot less aircraft overnighting there.
As for HA and AS, yeah, that's going to clearly change the game. I am interested to see how it all shakes out.
Couple of experts? None of that was my opinion, I quoted articles from Hawaii reporters. Please continue, tell us how much smarter you are than everyone else. It sounds familiar, kind of like the C suite, who got blindsided by this current situation.
This is frome the Beat of Hawaii 3 months ago. Are they making it up?
Southwest first added then cut Hawaii flights. Now even more cuts are on the table.
What’s coming next was referred to by Southwest last week in an SEC filing as “schedule re-optimization.” With that, the airline confirmed further cuts are coming to flights it will operate in 2024. The new term came from Southwest when they were asked about what flights they might soon cut. The company said, ““We don’t yet have anything to share about schedule re-optimization at specific airports we serve.”
That occurred as the company continues to evolve a long-term niche in both interisland and mainland to Hawaii service. That evolution includes having moved to a seasonally or occasionally operated schedule instead of entirely year-round flights. That is in fact becoming more common across the entire industry, including at competitors Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines.