Originally Posted by
benzoate
No network = no future. No new aircraft = no expansion. Don’t give me the 220 expansion argument. Adding additional seats into a saturated market is bullsheet. Adding a few first class seats will not save Jetblue. The future plan for jetblue is simply to lose less money. Their entire forecast revenue is based on drop shipping customers on United. You simply can’t survive flying solely New York to Florida.
Largely agree with this. In the current industry it seems you need to be a full fledged member of a global alliance in order to survive long term. And even if we did manage to join one, that doesn't mean we can sit still flying NE-Florida for another decade.
I saw some analysis on a.net where it showed JB had a superior product in several transcon markets, but still struggled to get a fare premium compared to AA/DL/UA/AS. Frequent fliers and premium pax are already siloed into their alliances and unwilling to step out to try JB because they want the miles/status. I'm hopeful this BlueSky stuff helps a bit, but think it is a bandaid and we need a more comprehensive partnership with UA and Star broadly.