Originally Posted by
TWA Fan 1
It's funny, though, isn't it that the only airlines that are doing better are the ones who've resisted falling into lockstep with the rest of the legacy carriers and into the resulting inevitable swamp of mediocre product and mediocre results.
Which are those?
B6 is vaguely profitable right now and they charge for checked bags (2nd or more), pillows/blankets, headphones, more legroom, etc. Are they truly different? They don't seem too much so to me. Maybe in their willingness to drop service to smaller destinations.
Allegient is the only carrier that remains consistently profitable and they don't meet my needs at all.
So which are the special carriers that have broken free from mediocrity and are raking in the dough?
CO has certainly taken a measured approach to all their changes in recent years. With the exception of throwing dozens of 752s across the Atlantic they haven't really been first at anything. I'm not sure that makes them mediocre or not, but they have survived. And while they may not be ideally situated for the next 3 years they do seem to still be above the mean-line when compared to other US-based carriers. Is that really failing?