Originally Posted by
CApreppie
Here are carrier airport share numbers directly from LAX to 2012 except 2013 has a page error. Outside of one year where United was #1, the carrier has largely stayed flat while AA absorbed US Airways' share and Delta has definitely taken a strong #2 spot and is currently battling with AA for top dog at LAX in 2022.
https://www.lawa.org/lawa-investor-r...are-statistics
Market share and profit are two entirely different things. I suspect UA is perfectly fine letting DL and AA fight for supremacy for low-yielding LAX traffic. (Airfares out of LAX are generally much cheaper than airfares out of SFO).
And, to reiterate the point that was being made — there’s virtually no O/D traffic in the LAX/SAN market. So, UA dropping LAX/SAN does not imply that UA doesn’t care about the LAX market. If anything, it’s somewhat bullish for the LAX market, because UA is saying that they can fill their planes without SAN connecting traffic.