Originally Posted by
beyondhere
While ATL is warmer than the NE in the Winter, it's still cold there at that time, and not like Florida to stimulate crowds. Winter months would be the hardest for B6, with it not being able to connect pax through ATL generally. However, it might be possible running the flight as a one-stop down to FLL: BOS-ATL-FLL, if B6 does that, to help load factors which would likely be weaker especially in the Winter months.
You may be onto something here. Look at the following data
ATL-BOS O+D
Q4 2014 1140 PDEW
Q1 2015 - 840 PDEW
Q2 2015 - 1220 PDEW
Q3 2015 - 1290 PDEW
big drop off in Q1 and Q1-2014 was around 900 PDEW so snowpocalyse of 2015 wasn't a big factor.
4 daily E-190's - you're probably going to need to steal at least 340 PDEW away for it to be worthwhile. Not sure if feeding international carriers in BOS will help this route. It won't be easy in Winter and may be a loss-leader to do better overall in BOS.