Originally Posted by
SFOdelayed
DL seems to be retreating from SEA (cancellation of only flight to HKG).
You base that on one flight? In 2014, when DL at 38 flights at SEA, their VP for Seattle said they would have 150+ flights at SEA in 2017. They had 166. That doesn't sound like retreat to me.
https://www.seattlebusinessmag.com/a...ska-vs-delta-0
Originally Posted by
PsiFighter37
It seems like DL has been quite aggressive around expansion (e.g. SEA, RDU, BOS, to name a few), and while I don't have numbers, I have to imagine that this helps DL continue to build market share outside of its core hubs.
Delta hasn't grown much but has instead reallocated capacity. They took hundreds of flights out of MEM and CVG (260 in 2008, 82 for summer 2018) and put them into SEA, LAX, NYC, and BOS. AA and UA haven't grown much, either, in the last ~11 years. The 3 have grown slower than the industry RPM average, ceding market share to LCC/ULCCs -- WN, Spirit, JetBlue, Allegiant (and Alaska).
Ending CLE was basic cost-cutting, not strategic. Where do you think United has a 200+ flight hub opportunity, and why?