Originally Posted by
georgetg
I'm with buzzpat on this one
The Alska JV is a wholesale giveaway of scope.
It's completely different from the Airfrance or even the Virgin Australia JV.
How many people do you really think buy a ticket on Alaska Air to fly to Tokyo or Sydney?
What if we signed off on this:
"DAL doesn't want to dilute the market and JetBlue will cover North/South routes from JFK" how would that fly?
The worst part is our own union signed off on this Alaska JV.
Cheers
George
Great point george! One I have never thought about.....But that's a great question you ask. How come it's okay for Alaska to provide our west coast feed, yet on the east coast we go head to head with arguably a lot more airlines doing the exact same route? I dont understand it and never will. Can anyone provide a good answer to this.
And maybe I'm naive, but I dont buy the whole "there is a lot more market share on the east coast"......I say BS. You cant tell me there is not a market on the west coast.
I know it's anyone's guess but is this Delta's way of slowly letting go of the west coast? If it is, it is a horrible mistake in my opinion.