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Old Oct 15, 2012, 3:23 pm
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
VX is bleeding money because it has failed to sell enough of the premium cabin seats for profitable fares. AA already sells a fair portion of its 10 First Class and 30 Business Class seats on its 10 daily flights between JFK and LAX each way every day, so its plans to duplicate its three class cabins on its new planes is simply a continuation of what's been working for AA in that market.
I don't think their problem is selling F on VX's JFK routes, as the above RASM numbers indicate. Their problem is selling them on shorthaul/midcon. I've flown VX on SEA-LAX with a lot of open F seats.
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