Originally Posted by
sxf24
People seem to be ignoring that many passengers - particularly going to Florida - can easily be rerouted through ATL. Canceling some flights while operating larger equipment from the NE to ATL is an effective way to recover while moving the most number of passengers as quickly as possible.
No other airline except US has an east coast hub that can play a role in this sort of recovery.
Also, DL and CO have different priorities during weather events. CO usually places priority on west coast flights at the expense of COEX. DL will prioritize international flights, which make up a larger portion of its JFK hub than CO's EWR operations.
I would think that DL would have some sort of priority in getting LAX and SFO flights out from JFK. After all, DL thought it important enough to equipt these aircraft flying on these routes with a business elite cabin. Your thoughts on that?
As far as re-routing through ATL, that would make sense only if DL actually got a significant portion of NYC to ATL flights in the air on Sunday; which they didnt.
Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 - scheduled flights from NYC to ATL
LGA to ATL
17 out of 20 flights cancelled
6 out of 7 flights cancelled.
Mind you, these cancellations are occurring into the afternoon and evening while all other airlines have pretty much resumed a somewhat normal flight schedule.