Why do People from other regionals Envy Skywest
02-08-2008 | 12:54 PM
#172
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You should also then be clarifying that while flying is getting cut in the east it is getting added in the west. Pretty much nothing in common with INDY. No Flaming, Just A FACT. The XJT brand is doing much better than INDY ever did. While some routes are being dropped they are tweaking the routes. Would you expect it to be an Instant success?
02-08-2008 | 01:02 PM
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I wasn't implying that it should be an instant success. But don't kid yourself into thinking that XJT's fortunes have anything to do with anything else besides the contract they have with Continental. Same as SkyWest, ASA, Horizon, and anyone else you want to name. But them having to find flying for 68 airplanes that Continental decided to remove from the Express inventory is no different than ASA, Comair, and Mesaba being lead down old dirt road by their major partners who went bankrupt. Regionals are being propped up (and knocked) down by their major partners.
02-08-2008 | 01:06 PM
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Thats exactly what mgmt wants you to think. Dont fall for that. Your company pays you not the major you fly for. All the major cares about it waht your mgmt charges them. Instead of giving you more they would prefer to pocket it themselves and throw fear grenades that if they pay more you will lose flying. Whipsawing is not good for anyone.
02-08-2008 | 01:09 PM
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Just walked past an ExpressJet billboard in Tucson that was advertising non-stops to GEG and MCI...
I would love to be behind those closed doors when the powers-that-be decide what routes to fly...what a whacky route-structure!
I would love to be behind those closed doors when the powers-that-be decide what routes to fly...what a whacky route-structure!
02-08-2008 | 01:21 PM
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They're facing the same issues as us at QX: We can't compete with SWA between the big markets up and down the western US. Point-point (non-hub) is the way to maintain your own markets.
02-08-2008 | 01:36 PM
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Would you expect a low-fare when you're booking a flight for the very next day??? Because that is how you came up with $211. If you would, I might say that you need to do a little homework! Typically, lower-fares are offered to customers purchasing tickets at least two weeks in advance - this is how the vast majority of tickets are sold, and so it is safe to assume that those are "normal" fares.
By the way, your ABQ-ONT fare, when purchased 14 days in advance, comes out to a whopping $91.
By the way, your ABQ-ONT fare, when purchased 14 days in advance, comes out to a whopping $91.
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