Tough to keep a broad network when you drop from the largest carrier ex-LAX (2010) to
#3 . These are the follow-on impacts of cutting capacity that we have long talked about. For the record, here are the market shares ex-LAX, when Jeff took over, in the first full year of his savvy cut service and produce quality plan, and now this year:
2017: AA: 18.8%; DL 16.7%; UA 14%; SWA 11.6%; AS+VX 8.5% [Skywest flights are now under the contracting carrier in LAX’s numbers]
2013: AA/Eagle: 17%, US 3% (20% total) UA 16.3%, DAL 13.5%, SWA 11%, AS 5% , SkyWest 3.5%.
2010: AA/American Eagle 15.9%, US 3.2%, UA 13.1%, CO 4.5% (total 17.6%) DAL 11.1%, AS 4.5%, SWA 11.6%, SkyWest 4.3%.
p.s. figures for 2013 and 2010 are from my post way back in 2014, responding in part to you, and predicting what we are seeing now as the end result:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22278585-post44.html