Originally Posted by
ByrdluvsAWACO
I'm not buying the "fuel cost" excuse. Airlines are blaming fuel for everything.
The vast majority of VX's flights have long stage lengths which equals poor aircraft utilization. Then there's the constant fare wars with AS, AA, WN, and UA pushing down yields.
Long stage lengths usually equals better utilization. VX has close to 13 hours of utilization a day; better than any domestic fleet in the US. VX also starts most fares sales.
Originally Posted by
GO_CAT
They have half a dozen aircraft that sit at JFK between 6am-5pm, everyday doing nothing. They could grow their base from JFK if they wanted to, obviously B6 would still kill them.
6 aircraft sit 11 hours a day at JFK? I have not looked at their rotations but I doubt this is true.
Originally Posted by
volvo99
For a carrier like VX, running roughly 100 flights a day, adding SFO-BUR(SNA) for example would be about 5% of capacity, a huge amount for any carrier.
Capacity is not measured in flights. It is measured in ASMs. A SoCal add is a very small increase in ASMs.