Originally Posted by
MD80
Most importantly, ACA was only flying for United
Not entirely true. ACA flew Delta Connection starting in the summer of 2000 till Nov 2004 out of LGA, BOS, and CVG. Delcon continued for a brief time after all UAX flying was terminated. Granted, not much, only 33 airplanes. However, when the DelCon fleet was planned in 1999/2000 it was going to exceed the size of the UAX operation with around 150 airplanes when all was said and done, using a mix of FRJ328, and the yet to be built 428 model. 9/11, as well as Dornier's insolvency issues squashed that.
When they were a UAX/DelCon carrier, the revenue split as a percentage was about 85/15.
Originally Posted by
MD80
Pair that with a fare war with United out of Dulles and you get a pretty bad mix.
True, but when you're main competitor is operating in BK, it's hard to compete at all. Also, when another airline puts aircraft on the EXACT same point to point routes, even more difficult.
Originally Posted by
MD80
Independence started using A319s, and from what I remember, those routes were doing pretty well, but it was too late to save the airline once they got going.
Some routes were, some weren't. One decision that was made late in the game was the delay in delivery of the Airbuses that were coming to try to retain cash.