Originally Posted by
Mando314
Not many stats there but I noticed since then (December) delta has gone from projecting decent growth to being flat. Not saying Tampa can't be one of their "focus cities" but they clearly have to prioritize other cities. Another older article about how SEA is a struggle for them
https://onemileatatime.com/news/delt...g-seattle-hub/ and I'm sure they have competition from jetblue in Boston, and southwest in Austin too.
If the revenue environment gets even worse, they're going to have to put all growth plans on pause/stopped altogether to not get investors upset. Basically the United issue in somewhere other than a hub too.
I don't think it's a coincidence that on this previous crew resource update, the company basically said they hope that the satellite bases shrink from natural attrition.
thr last vacancy, they were ok to let Houston and Orlando attrit by 10 737 CA. (I think Houston may have been 20?).
so, they are fine letting both of those shrink a bit for now. Who knows when they will grow again?