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Old Aug 28, 2019 | 1:36 pm
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Originally Posted by BayAreaTrvler
​​​​​​This appears to be a big middle finger to the Bay Area unless I’m missing something. So, basically AS has learned that if you offer less and charge more, you may have difficulty filling planes. Brilliant...
I don't see it as that. It is a simple reality that TCON is a premium market xSFO and flying 1-2x day on aircraft which lack a premium product (yes, I know that there is a cabin marketed as "F") won't cut it. Thus, to repeat: either one accepts AS for what it is as a regional niche player with s few tentacles or as the poor cousin of the legacies. The former is likely profitable. The latter is doomed.
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