Originally Posted by formeraa
One more time: Full flights are NOT necessarily profitable flights. NW flights to SEA are almost always full. They have been for years. I remember packed DC-10's on flights 8 or 9 years ago! This is nothing new.
Agreed, but full flights are NOT necessarily un-profitable either (works both ways). Think fixed costs. The more flights that NW runs on a given, busy route, the more ROI they get back on their fixed costs (e.g. gate rent at MSP and SEA, baggage handler salaries, TA salaries, etc.). Capiche?
-A