Originally Posted by
knope2001
Here are the onboard loads for October 2010 for Midwest
82.3% ….. MCI ….. BOS
80.8% ….. MCI ….. SFO
77.7% ….. MCI ….. SEA
76.4% ….. MCI ….. DCA
75.1% ….. MCI ….. LGA
73.1% ….. MCI ….. LAX
Markets primarily flown with RJ's.
77.4% ….. IND
75.0% ….. MSP
74.2% ….. PIT
Just a few general observations:
a. It looks like traffic at MCI is finally starting to re-bound from the depths of the recession. BOS in particular did quite well in October. The time for some additional expansion at MCI may finally be at hand.
b. For the RJ markets above, I haven't seen loads that high on those routes for sometime (has IND ever been that high???). AirTran competition has finally brought close-in booking fares down to much more reasonable levels. Hopefully Midwest makes up for some of the lost revenue with higher passenger loads.
Thanks as usual for posting these stats ^