Originally Posted by
johnso29
Allegiant had no problems making money when oil was $140+ a barrel, & they only fly Douglas. UAL just parked 94 737's, CAL is ridding themselves of older 737's, and AA is loading themselves up with debt buying all those shiny new 737's. If the economy goes down again it's going to cost AA a TON more $$$ to fly those 737's around with empty seats then it will cost DAL to fly the Maddog with empty seats. Kinda simple math.
That's it Johnso!
Delta is working hard to reduce our debt. Right now that's a big burden and its being addressed by buying new 777 outright and paying down the pension fund early...
On the 73N vs MD90 Cortelyou was saying it takes the first 25 days of the month to make just the P&I payments on the 73N. As a result the direct hourly operating costs are $1000+ over the MD90, and that's a no brainer.
Cheers
George