Originally Posted by
fly18725
Let's bring some real data to a discussion about AS shrinking and abandoning SFO, which has a lot of emotional hyperbole.
- AS expects to be 11-14% larger in 2023 than 2022; growth is expected to moderate in 2024 but will be positive
- AS enplaned 2,204,832 pax at SFO Jan-September 2023 (including QX/OO operated flights). This compares to 2,526,095 in the same period of 2019. This means 2023 is 87% of 2019.
- Total enplaned pax at SFO in 2023 is at 56% of 2019 (18,578,910 vs. 21,602,360). This means AS has shrunk slightly less than other airlines.
- For other competitors 2023 v 2019: DL is 86%, B6 is 95% (but 1/4 the size of AS) and SWA is 63%
All data can be downloaded here:
https://data.sfgov.org/Transportatio...tics/rkru-6vcg
AS will be smaller for a period of time during the slow winter months, but that capacity will be returned since the airline is not shrinking overall.
All the examples of other competitors are down from 2019, like AS. Two carriers in that example are profitable, like AS. It stinks as a customer to endure route cuts, but for the carrier, if your goal in business is to make money each year, at least two carriers plus AS know how to work to that end at SFO.