Originally Posted by
ucdtim17
It probably wouldn't work as a one-off but as part of a (alternate universe) strategy where AS actually tries to build up an operation at OAK, it certainly could.
WN already HAS an operation at OAK that it would take a LONG time for AS to build up to- it's taken AS years to be in the 10%ish range of pax count at SAN/SJC (WN's in the high 30 for
SAN, low 50s for
SJC, and in
the 70s at OAK). WN thinks OAK-EWR is below SAN/SMF-Hawaii.
TBH, I don't think AS is doing all
that well on SJC/SAN-EWR. I would guess they would cancel those routes before CA-Hawaii ones.
Originally Posted by
channa
As for international partners, there's minimal benefit for the AS customer base (on the West Coast) at EWR. Someone is not going to want to fly SFO-EWR-LHR or SEA-EWR-LHR when they can just fly nonstop SFO-LHR or SEA-LHR.
Yeah, and
every single one of that group of EI, BA, CX, SQ, LY, FI, and EK has a better way to connect passengers into AS's network than EWR (all but one of them serves SEA, and LY serves SFO and LAX). Huh, do you want to flow pax HKG-SEA/SFO/LAX-PDX (with multiple daily frequencies to PDX), or HKG-EWR-PDX (which has ONE daily frequency on EWR-PDX, which might be timed rather poorly for connecting passengers)? Which is harder to fill and someplace where you might be willing to accept connecting pax, a flight to the NYC market or the SEA market?