Originally Posted by
khergan
Most of their bases, not with anyone. But they are in pretty fierce competition with everyone in LAX, and with AS in Seattle. I guess AA and B6 if you count JFK/LGA.
I guess I'm curious to see what their "secret sauce" is because they consistently have much, much higher margins than us.
well if you count LAX as a battle for DL then you have to count it for United too….
The secret sauce is called ATL. There passenger emplanment is something crazy like $5 and they own it with 1000 movements a day and it’s perfectly located to capture leisure travel to some of the biggest markets in the country.
if United EVER beats DL on a yearly profit then DL is having problems.
there is a lot of Apples to Apples we can compare between DL/UA and when you compare those United is leading in a lot of regards but profit will always be apples to oranges because of ATL.