Originally Posted by
Hunt599
XJTs flying is going to be done is small under-served markets..... There wont be any competition with CAL or any other "major" carrier. This is what makes the branded flying that they are going to do unique.
I understand the philosophy with what they are trying to do. Basically an EAS (without the EAS contracts) that connects medium sized cities, correct? Point to Point service. However I doubt you won't have any competition. Most medium/large sized cities do have airline service. Also I doubt what your company is doing hasn't ever been thought of before. Maybe there are reasons WHY it hasn't been done before
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Are you familiar with the flying the "RJ" does for CAL? I am....and they dont feed anything...these aircraft are used in ways that they werent made for and are actually doing quite well.
Very true. Long range flying from a hub. However neither you nor I can prove if they (CAL) are making money off of those flights, or making money off of their larger operation as a whole. Airlines routinely operate flights that are not money makers, so why would XJT/CAL be an exception?
I have heard of Midway....Im not familiar with the flying they did.
The reason you haven't heard of Midway is because they were a smaller operation down in NC who went bankrupt pre-911. I concede what they used their RJ's for was also akin to FlyI, however the business model didn't work with them either (using RJ's for point to point service). It will be interesting to look at XJT's profits 4Q 2006 and compare them to 4Q 2007. We'll have to wait a year to find out if they are able to "make" money off of this branded flying. In the mean time it's fun to speculate
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