Spirit of NKS
02-20-2013 | 07:19 AM
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The bases at this company can come and go. The way it was explained during the interview was that whatever market is profitable, then that's where they will go. In other words, if Chicago takes off and becomes an integral part of the operation, then it might come at the expense of another base. This is a hypothetical situation, but realistic at that. I don't think it is something that will happen overnight, but maybe over time.
02-20-2013 | 07:28 AM
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-About 60 FO's
-It's a big airport, I'm sure it's commutable, where would you be flying in from? Check (passrider.com)
-Senior CA, top 15-20 Senior FO's, the rest mid and junior people.
-Type of flying is mixed, but I don't think they do any central and South America stuff, except a they flight to CUN.
As a reference, DFW and ACY are the initial destination for new hires, but they move out as quick as people upgrade and new vacancies come out.
-It's a big airport, I'm sure it's commutable, where would you be flying in from? Check (passrider.com)
-Senior CA, top 15-20 Senior FO's, the rest mid and junior people.
-Type of flying is mixed, but I don't think they do any central and South America stuff, except a they flight to CUN.
As a reference, DFW and ACY are the initial destination for new hires, but they move out as quick as people upgrade and new vacancies come out.
Searching old threads it looks like DTW was closed or threatened to be closed down. Does it seem stable as of today?
About DTW closing or being stable, well there are not current indications of closing, then again, as Norman mentioned, DFW is the growing mushroom and the rest is as stable as this industry can be.
There were "RUMORS" about closing for a long time, they come and go.
02-20-2013 | 09:58 AM
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I just randomly picked 3/11 OW non-stop to the same destination on Travelocity. It shows Sprit at $118 and Delta and JB at $124. BUT, if you go to the individual websites, Spirit is $69, Delta and JB are $124.
02-20-2013 | 10:05 AM
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I just randomly picked 3/11 OW non-stop to the same destination on Travelocity. It shows Sprit at $118 and Delta and JB at $124. BUT, if you go to the individual websites, Spirit is $69, Delta and JB are $124.
I've always found that the Company's sites are usually cheaper than those discount fare finders.
02-20-2013 | 03:26 PM
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Interesting. May be they are dropping the hammer on us in LGA. I too did not find any date where we are the cheapest on that route. Same for FLL-ORD. Delta is matching our price out of FLL on the LGA route. On the other hand:
FLL-ATL us 73.90 Delta next with 126.90
FLL-BWI us 53.90 Tranny next with 68.90
... and that is typical.
If Delta is matching or beating our price, I guarantee you, they are taking a loss. We are tiny. We can't get into a war with Delta. This is nothing new. May be next for sale are the LGA slots. They are worth a ton of money, and we can use that money for expansion. We pulled out of DCA, sold the slots to SW, went to BWI. Sounds good to me.
FLL-ATL us 73.90 Delta next with 126.90
FLL-BWI us 53.90 Tranny next with 68.90
... and that is typical.
If Delta is matching or beating our price, I guarantee you, they are taking a loss. We are tiny. We can't get into a war with Delta. This is nothing new. May be next for sale are the LGA slots. They are worth a ton of money, and we can use that money for expansion. We pulled out of DCA, sold the slots to SW, went to BWI. Sounds good to me.
02-20-2013 | 03:33 PM
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Huh? I just looked. The fare is $138 on the spirit air website. More than the others.
02-20-2013 | 03:37 PM
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Curious as to why you have all of a sudden become interested in Spirit in the last two days? You post an article, then are amazed at our fees and prices but haven't had anything interesting to say. We are apparently doing something right. If you want to pick a fight start another thread. This is supposed to be where people come to get info on us. The latest news is we posted a $20 million profit and it doesn't matter if you can't figure out how we got there.
02-20-2013 | 04:29 PM
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No, total fare. You can argue with yourself as I have better things to do.
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