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UA-NYC
Maybe I'm dense - isn't that quite a healthy RASM for a 300 or so mile flight? And well above the CASM? Know the load factor has to be there.
The numbers are average fare (yield), not RASM. Don't know what the load factors are, but even at 100%, those fares aren't very special. UAX's 50-seaters are very high CASM planes.
To compare, in Texas, WN gets average fares of about $160 for DAL-AUS, which is only 189 miles, or closer to a buck a mile. Same with DAL-HOU and DAL-SAT, although those flights are 239 miles and 248 miles, respectively. All three of those are much more respectable yields than SJC-LAX, where VX caused severe downward pressure on fares.