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Before this was illegal, but for this week and this week alone, they can literally just chop the flights that are undersold with no warning.
It is not "illegal" for an airline to cancel a flight. They have full operational discretion to do this for any reason. Airlines do this all the time. The airlines are not regulated in this way, other than requiring them to either refund the fare, rebook you or offer an overnight if its an operational problem within the airline's control. Originally Posted by Michaelc136
Believe it or not, I actually think the flight cancellations might work out in favor of F9. The government effectively told every airline in the US that you can cut unprofitable routes / undersold flights at will, without penalty. Thats the wet dream of any airline CEO.Before this was illegal, but for this week and this week alone, they can literally just chop the flights that are undersold with no warning.
What you are citing is not correct.
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From a political perspective you're right. This is good for airlines. They get to be a victim here of dysfunctional Government and working to help out even though its likely means losing money overall for some airlines. The costs of canceling flights and having to give up that revenue when most of the costs (other than fuel) are fixed, means that almost no airline, even Spirit, is doing better financially because they canceled a flight. Pilots are still being paid, FAs, the next lease payment, etc but the revenue goes away.Originally Posted by Michaelc136
fair enough, but is my premise correct? I think that’s what I care about more lol
