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Didn't say it was bad.
In our case, immitation is not the sincerest form of flattery. Immitation is a death sentence. Jetblue knows they should be doing what we are doing. Introduces mini-mint. Delta knows - so they are introducing basic first (read Breeze Ascent Class except with TVs).
Jetblue announces a one stop from PVD-LAX. Same seat product and with free wifi. Assuming price will be similar outside of heavy summer months.
You tell me how Breeze is going to REMAIN profitable? Industry leading on-time performance? Can't happen with the cost structure of Allegiant.
They can introduce services all they want, the fact is if you fly on DL you still have to connect through a hub unless you’re flying hub to hub. NE to FL through ATL on Delta is about twice as long as flying non stop on us. You can have all the champagne flowing and free wifi all day, a 3 hour non stop trip is better than a 6 hour trip through ATL. But still we are so small now, what’s interesting is can they sustain these random routes where there’s no competition. How many of these small city routes can there be unless there’s no more regional flying by mainline. Who knows