Originally Posted by
RealHJ
DL sure has been giving a lot of market share to competitors over the last few years. Good for creating more airline competition in the market, at least, as where DL cuts, others add. And there is still good coverage with other SkyTeam airlines to pick up the slack often.
And yet in the past few years, DL seems to be consistently beating it's domestic rivals on pre-tax profit and in valuation (market cap) -- so clearly those decisions on market share haven't caused financial pain and may be helping to drive a strong, profitable Delta