Originally Posted by
lhl12
If that "low yield junk traffic that AA's new cost structure can't support" goes away from new AA, then who will take over that traffic and on what routes? I presume UA and DL wouldn't qualify, so that leaves Southwest and JetBlue, presumably. What routes will they start flying that they don't presently fly, to carry that traffic?
I can't speak knowledgeably to yields on Northeast to Florida routes, but it is definitely a competitive market in general, with a lot of LCCs that offer various [Northeast City] to [Florida City] non-stop routes which presumably drive fare competition.
Airtran, Allegiant, Frontier, Jetlue, Southwest, and Spirit all run routes between Northeast (and Midwest) cities and Florida.