Jan announcement speculation
12-10-2018 | 02:06 PM
#61
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 833
Likes: 0
Is Hawaiian not an American airline?
12-10-2018 | 02:24 PM
#63
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 2,145
Likes: 0
Do you think 90% of pax take aircraft type into account when they’re buying tickets?
https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/jd-power-2018-north-america-airline-satisfaction-study
Delta is a solid #2 with one of the oldest fleets in the country. Alaska is flying arguably the worst narrowbody as far as comfort and they’re well above the relatively modern American and United.
Economy people care about getting where they need to go at a price and time that is convenient to them. Business class people are going to have a comfortable ride no matter what equipment is on that route.
Most of the flying public are not airplane nerds.
https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/jd-power-2018-north-america-airline-satisfaction-study
Delta is a solid #2 with one of the oldest fleets in the country. Alaska is flying arguably the worst narrowbody as far as comfort and they’re well above the relatively modern American and United.
Economy people care about getting where they need to go at a price and time that is convenient to them. Business class people are going to have a comfortable ride no matter what equipment is on that route.
Most of the flying public are not airplane nerds.
12-10-2018 | 02:25 PM
#64
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 2,145
Likes: 0
12-10-2018 | 02:38 PM
#65
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 833
Likes: 0
And, why does American, United, Delta, and Alaska fly the Ejet when the CRJ900 is more significantly more cost effective? And, business travelers don’t all ride in the front. Many last minute business travelers buy fares where they are stuck in the back in a middle seat.
12-10-2018 | 02:38 PM
#66
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 559
Likes: 0
The 717 flopped but not because of passenger’s preference. It’s still way nicer from a passenger’s perspective than any CRJ.
Delta flies the 717 for one and only one reason—it’s a relatively modern airplane and they got them for dirt cheap.
Delta flies the 717 for one and only one reason—it’s a relatively modern airplane and they got them for dirt cheap.
12-10-2018 | 02:41 PM
#67
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 1,957
Likes: 0
And, why does American, United, Delta, and Alaska fly the Ejet when the CRJ900 is more significantly more cost effective? And, business travelers don’t all ride in the front. Many last minute business travelers buy fares where they are stuck in the back in a middle seat.
12-10-2018 | 02:44 PM
#68
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 2,145
Likes: 0
¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Still doesn’t change the fact that fleet type is not a huge indicator of consumer satisfaction. Hell, I flew IAD-ORD in a -200 last week. People will buy the ticket that gets them there at the time they want to arrive in the price point that they can afford.
12-10-2018 | 02:46 PM
#69
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 833
Likes: 0
No one dumped anything on Delta. Southwest didn’t want them since they wanted to keep an all 737 fleet. 717 operations allowed Delta to reduce 50 seat RJ flying significantly, and offer much better service on many routes. It seems as if you like to argue about a lot of things you really know nothing about, and it’s clearer than ever here.
12-10-2018 | 02:54 PM
#70
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 2,145
Likes: 0
AirTran doesn’t fly anything. That’s like saying Mesaba flies CRJ 900s or Shuttle America flies 170s.
No one dumped anything on Delta. Southwest didn’t want them since they wanted to keep an all 737 fleet. 717 operations allowed Delta to reduce 50 seat RJ flying significantly, and offer much better service on many routes. It seems as if you like to argue about a lot of things you really know nothing about, and it’s clearer than ever here.
No one dumped anything on Delta. Southwest didn’t want them since they wanted to keep an all 737 fleet. 717 operations allowed Delta to reduce 50 seat RJ flying significantly, and offer much better service on many routes. It seems as if you like to argue about a lot of things you really know nothing about, and it’s clearer than ever here.
You make a lot of excuses for an airplane and a type rating that won’t be of value in the next few years anywhere other than Delta. If you are at Delta, you will simply move on to a better aircraft at some point.
AirTran isn’t like an airline just folded up like Great Lakes. All the flight crews landed on their feet. It is like when USAirways and American merged. Did USAirways go away?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
