Originally Posted by
tsillanman
And the reality of a permanently reduced schedule will have long term effect. AAG seems to not care as their strategy seems centered on the Virgin "opportunity" with less regard for current destination that feed traffic. Time will tell if this is a viable strategy.
I think this is the key. They were blinded by Golden California and may well end up losing the grip they had in the PNW where they were the unquestioned leader. The DL linkup with WestJet will hurt along with the loss of other partnerships and claiming success when they can barely operate a reduced schedule is just being in denial. Now they are even cutting mainline and new ads from California in the summer. BOS-SFO is reduced to 3 flights a day which is the weakest schedule out there. Denver is down to 2 flights a day in summer. MSP is down to 1. They need to bulk up SEA transcons to fight Mint as well. They are really getting bombarded from all sides. Can't wait to hear their update on the next earnings call to see if they have started to think through a strategy and are able to clearly articulate it.