Competition Heats Up with AA
May 10, 2013, 8:31 am
#47
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I can't see a new DL (or, as you wishfully mention, AS) nonstop poaching 40% of the O&D traffic from what must be 15-20 connecting options (UA, AA, DL, US, WN; others?) ... that said, AS has tended to do pretty well introducing mid-cons and transcons to/from SEA (PHL, AUS, ATL, FLL ... )
May 10, 2013, 10:16 am
#48
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AS, on the other hand, might see a better opportunity to fill that jet from SEA, but certainly the decision would have to be based on how well the numbers would work when combined with the 745am return flight ... I think that's why they dropped SEA-IAD about 2007 after ~4 years: the few times I took them, the redeyes were pretty full, but the westbounds ran at barely 50% load factor (the morning flight out of DCA has almost always been close to 90%)