How does JetBlue in LAX affect Alaska?
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How does JetBlue in LAX affect Alaska?
I saw this the other day and thought this is one of the most daring and probably unsetting moves in the industry after the good ol' pandemic has affected every airline so much. Kinda like ****in' in the punch bowl it seems.... How do you think Alaska responds? Compete or Retreat? It seems they're basically doing exactly what Alaska purchased Virgin America to avoid.... going into all of their markets short of Hawaii.... (so far)...What do the experienced AS guys think is gonna change as a result?
https://www.latimes.com/business/sto...g-beach-to-lax
https://www.latimes.com/business/sto...g-beach-to-lax
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I saw this the other day and thought this is one of the most daring and probably unsetting moves in the industry after the good ol' pandemic has affected every airline so much. Kinda like ****in' in the punch bowl it seems.... How do you think Alaska responds? Compete or Retreat? It seems they're basically doing exactly what Alaska purchased Virgin America to avoid.... going into all of their markets short of Hawaii.... (so far)...What do the experienced AS guys think is gonna change as a result?
https://www.latimes.com/business/sto...g-beach-to-lax
https://www.latimes.com/business/sto...g-beach-to-lax
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JetBlue in LAX does not affect Alaska Airlines
at all. We dont haul their passenger demographic. LAX eastbound is not now and never has been an important part of Alaska’s playbook. We haul mostly leisure travelers that can’t quite stomach the Spirit/Frontier Zoo and who consider assigned seating important. The wind-down from the Virgin America flying out of LAX is just about complete. As the Airbus is removed from LAX the pilot base will get smaller as they have no plans to replace those airframes...So again: Not at all
at all. We dont haul their passenger demographic. LAX eastbound is not now and never has been an important part of Alaska’s playbook. We haul mostly leisure travelers that can’t quite stomach the Spirit/Frontier Zoo and who consider assigned seating important. The wind-down from the Virgin America flying out of LAX is just about complete. As the Airbus is removed from LAX the pilot base will get smaller as they have no plans to replace those airframes...So again: Not at all
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JetBlue in LAX does not affect Alaska Airlines
at all. We dont haul their passenger demographic. LAX eastbound is not now and never has been an important part of Alaska’s playbook. We haul mostly leisure travelers that can’t quite stomach the Spirit/Frontier Zoo and who consider assigned seating important. The wind-down from the Virgin America flying out of LAX is just about complete. As the Airbus is removed from LAX the pilot base will get smaller as they have no plans to replace those airframes...So again: Not at all
at all. We dont haul their passenger demographic. LAX eastbound is not now and never has been an important part of Alaska’s playbook. We haul mostly leisure travelers that can’t quite stomach the Spirit/Frontier Zoo and who consider assigned seating important. The wind-down from the Virgin America flying out of LAX is just about complete. As the Airbus is removed from LAX the pilot base will get smaller as they have no plans to replace those airframes...So again: Not at all
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Sounds like Alaska has the exact same flying demographic as jetblue. You can be with 100 percent certainty that flying to Hawaii for jetblue is a near term reality too. After that would not surprise me to see a summer flight to Anchorage either. I think of all the airlines, this move hurts Alaska the most.
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