Originally Posted by
iaflyer
This post shows exactly why we shouldn't have a NB base in Boston.
We make significantly more money than Jetblue (hasn't made a profit in YEARS - last time was 2019!).
Alaska made a profit margin of under 1% in 2025.
Southwest made a profit margin of 1.7% in 2025.
And us.. we made a profit margin of 7.9% in 2025.
Please don't compare how was should have a NB base in Boston "because other airlines do"
It's lazy logic to assume due to our profitability, all practices and decison making are correct. Just as much as it is lazy to assume one thing working at another airline automatically makes sense for another, like you're alluding to.
Opening more bases or less is a rounding error on our overall enterprise annual margin.