Originally Posted by
sbm12
How much higher is the B6 RASM than other carriers? That is the only way to demonstrate people paying a premium. Otherwise they're paying the same or less as anywhere else and fares have just gone up across the board.
I don't know one way or the other, but to say that static LF + increased RASM = people paying a premium just to fly B6 doesn't actually make sense unless all the other airlines have lower (or not as much higher) RASMs at the same time.
I found some info to the question you posed. I used passenger yield per ASM as I think this gets more to the price of a ticket than total revenue. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
Table 18: Network Airline System* Passenger Revenue Yield
Network Airlines Ranked by 1st Quarter 2008 Revenue Yield (Cents Per RPM)
(Passenger Revenue per Revenue Passenger Mile in cents)
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1Q 2008 Rank Network Airlines
1/07 2/07 3/07 4/07 1/08 1-Q PaxRev(Mil)
1 American 13.3 13.1 13.1 12.8 13.5 4,379
2 Continent 12.5 12.8 12.8 13.0 13.3 2,557
3 US** 13.7 14.5 13.8 13.1 13.1 1,905
4 Alaska 13.0 13.4 14.1 13.2 13.0 589
5 Delta 12.2 12.7 12.2 12.5 12.9 3,079
6 United 11.4 12.5 13.4 13.2 12.8 3,439
7 NW 12.5 12.7 13.3 12.5 12.5 2,216
Total 12.5 12.9 13.0 12.9 13.1 18,164
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics; Form 41; Schedule P1.2. T100; T2 Data
* System = domestic + international
** America West Airlines and US Airways now operate under a single certificate and are reporting jointly. The combined airline’s financial numbers are included with the network carriers beginning with the fourth quarter of 2007. US Airways’ previous numbers remain with network carriers and America West’s previous numbers are listed separately as a low-cost carrier.
Table 19: Low-Cost Airline System* Passenger Revenue Yield
Low-Cost Airlines Ranked by 1st Quarter 2008 Revenue Yield (Cents Per RPM)
(Passenger Revenue per Revenue Passenger Mile in cents)
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1Q 2008 Rank Low-Cost Airlines
1/7 2/7 3/7 4/7 1/8 1st Q PaxRev$(Millions)
1 Southwest 12.7 12.7 12.3 13.2 13.3 2,347
2 AirTran 13.2 13.0 12.1 12.9 13.1 566
3 JetBlue 9.5 10.1 10.4 10.9 11.4 750
4 Spirit 10.8 10.2 9.5 9.7 10.7 179
5 Allegiant 9.6 9.6 9.2 9.5 10.0 106
6 Frontier** 11.4 11.1 11.4 11.6 N/A N/A
7 America West*** 11.7 11.0 10.8 N/A N/A N/A
Seven-Carrier Total 11.8 11.8 11.5 12.4 N/A N/A
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics; Form 41; Schedule P1.2. T100; T2 Data
* System = domestic + international
** Frontier failed to report financial data for the first quarter of 2008 in time for this release.
*** America West Airlines and US Airways now operate under a single certificate and are reporting jointly. The combined airline’s financial numbers are included with the network carriers beginning with the fourth quarter of 2007. US Airways’ previous numbers remain with network carriers and America West’s previous numbers are listed separately as a low-cost carrier.
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Note that the table does not perfectly answer your question as the numbers are for "system" which includes international and domestic. As most of the legacies have very significant international networks, some of which carry a much better yield than their domestic networks, this is not a conclusive answer. After a half-hour on BTS I was glad to just find something. Anyways, something to chew on.