Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
All these new (longer) routes need aircraft that will make it all the way. The shorter hauls are suffering, both in aircraft size and capacity.
IMO, they should swap the short 73G routes with the 734s first before swapping out the 73Hs... Or have the 73Gs replace the 73Hs on some transcon/midcon routes during the last two weeks of December and the first week of January... I am confident that USA-PVR/SJD/etc are far more juicer from a revenue standpoint than SEA-BOS, PDX-BOS, LAX-DCA, SEA-AUS/DFW/IAH, etc. Or they could put some 739s for Mexico flying
Remember, Mexico flying has far more capacity constraints than intra-USA flying, because any frequency increase must be approved by both governments, while in the US it is not as complicated and it is far easier to swap a particular route from a 737 to a 767... Therefore, during the holidays the average % price increase for intra-USA flying during the holidays will not be as high as USA-Mexico flying...
In other words, AS is losing a lot of potential juicy Revenue on the Mexico routes...