UA reports highest increase in revenue per passenger mile flown in March
Apr 10, 2013, 1:41 am
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UA reports highest increase in revenue per passenger mile flown in March
United Airlines reported that its passenger revenue per passenger mile flown, or unit revenues, increased 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent in March – by far the best performance reported by a U.S. airline
Here’s what its competitors have reported for their March unit revenues.
Delta Air Lines Up 2%
American Airlines Up 0.3%
Southwest Airlines Flat
US Airways Flat
Allegiant Air Down 0.7% to 1.1%
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...d-growth.html/
Here’s what its competitors have reported for their March unit revenues.
Delta Air Lines Up 2%
American Airlines Up 0.3%
Southwest Airlines Flat
US Airways Flat
Allegiant Air Down 0.7% to 1.1%
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...d-growth.html/
Apr 10, 2013, 2:23 am
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You are, perhaps forgetting, that perhaps the reason the PRASM rose so much is because beginning March 03, 2012, things went to Heck for UA after switching to SHARES. I'd fully expect (and so should the shareholders) to see PRASM rise year-over-year. Remember, UA reduced schedules in 2012 due to the switch, and things still fell apart.
Apr 10, 2013, 5:40 am
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I suppose you could also say "UA reports a dramatic increase in on-time and completion rates vs. last March!"
A pointless comparison
A pointless comparison
Apr 10, 2013, 6:03 am
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So, you don't think this is positive news?
What will it take for you to acknowledge a positive trend?
I do agree that the baseline is low, but then 1 year later we should expect these type of dramatic improvements if UA is trending in the right direction, correct?
What will it take for you to acknowledge a positive trend?
I do agree that the baseline is low, but then 1 year later we should expect these type of dramatic improvements if UA is trending in the right direction, correct?
Apr 10, 2013, 6:37 am
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While I take it as positive news, they've been decreasing capacity for the past year so I'd be shocked if they didn't increase in PRASM since last March.
Apr 10, 2013, 6:51 am
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Capacity cuts have been so large that this really means nothing
Capacity cuts have been so large that this really means nothing
Apr 10, 2013, 7:12 am
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But, something has to be going right here, correct?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
Every little nit and pick that is negative quickly becomes a 50 post thread here on FT deriding the airline.
But, a very large increase in passenger revenue per mile means nothing?
I am not trying to claim that this is some watershed event and UA is now out of the woods. There is a lot of work still to be done.
But characterizing this news as 'nothing' seems misguided to me.
Apr 10, 2013, 7:15 am
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Apr 10, 2013, 7:19 am
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In the meantime, AA zeroes out practically every flight in and out of AUS every time I fly (usually Tue and Thu but even this coming Sat). All on MD80s with far more service frequencies. UA is quite literally handing the AUS market to AA and SWA.
Apr 10, 2013, 7:25 am
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Still, characterizing this uptick as 'no news' is just a little hypocritical in my opinion.
Apr 10, 2013, 7:59 am
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No less hypocrytical than UA's attempt to use a year over year comparison with one of the worst months in airline history as fodder for creating spin that tries to make it look like they have done a great job.
Apr 10, 2013, 8:05 am
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Sure it's a positive trend, but last march was so bad that if they didn't show a positive trend from then it would be an epic failure. The point is that you would fully expect a dramatic increase, any mediocre results in March would be a dramatic increase from last March. The comparison with other airlines is meaningless because they did not implode last march.
Apr 10, 2013, 8:07 am
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Now we are really entering some parallel reality...
Sure it's a positive trend, but last march was so bad that if they didn't show a positive trend from then it would be an epic failure. The point is that you would fully expect a dramatic increase, any mediocre results in March would be a dramatic increase from last March. The comparison with other airlines is meaningless because they did not implode last march.
Apr 10, 2013, 8:16 am
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+1. At my home airport AUS, several of the AUS-EWR nonstops will be flown on E170s going forward and much of the AUS-IAH flights which were all 737 service on pmCO for the last decade are now on E145/E145/CRJ700 (and even some Q400). It's getting hard to fly UA out of AUS without flying a significant portion of a trip on regionals. Ludicrous. Capacity is way down.
In the meantime, AA zeroes out practically every flight in and out of AUS every time I fly (usually Tue and Thu but even this coming Sat). All on MD80s with far more service frequencies. UA is quite literally handing the AUS market to AA and SWA.
In the meantime, AA zeroes out practically every flight in and out of AUS every time I fly (usually Tue and Thu but even this coming Sat). All on MD80s with far more service frequencies. UA is quite literally handing the AUS market to AA and SWA.
