Originally Posted by
SkyTeam777
Well that must mean that AMM is doing EXTREMELY well for DL considering this restriction..even more so than mainstay destinations like CDG/LON/FCO...(we already knew that South Africa was quite popular)...but I didnt realize that AMM generated that much interest and pax traffic to warrant an embargo considering no other destination except for LOS was mentioned (in this thread).
Its more of a cargo issue than a pax issue, similar to some of the South American routes. What usually happens is that there appear to be plenty of seats on the plane (via seatcounter or deltanet) but revenue management has already planned/allocated some of those seats (or the weight for those seats) to cargo. Non-Revs look at the seats and say I can get on this flight without an issue, yet the plane pushes with them still watching from the airport.
As an example DL only flys one flight 3x per week from AMM to anywhere in the US. All other flights are AF or some other codeshare that buddy passes cant get on.