Originally Posted by Threy
The BBJ is in addition to the 767/74M and not a replacement....
No, starting in November, the KL 663/4 will be opped by a PrivatAir BBJ on F/S/Su. There will be no more KL 767s coming to IAH starting November.
You cannot make money on the 757 across the pond to secondary markets, at least not with the CASMīs of CO and the payload restrictions they are facing.Crew per pax costs are simply higher than on bigger jets and CO is not able to rely on synergies other airlines have in marketing and at the airports...
If flying 757's across the pond is so unprofitable, why has AA started doing it on even smaller routes (ala BOS-SNN), and selling only one class of service on it even?!
On a recent ARN-EWR flight, I met people connecting in EWR to YYZ! CO must be doing something right, in getting people to fly to EWR first, then go to Canada.
Being lucky to know people who are working for the handling agent of CO at HAM and TXL, I get a good impression...
Ahh, so can you say they have shown you actual load numbers? Like how many avg. paid BF and Y pax on each flight? That will tell us how the yield would look....
If you know about the performance of HAM and TXL routes, fine, but don't apply what you see across ALL trans-atl 752 flights
However heads up for CO for trying to find a niche, but fuel costs and a declining yield , not to mention the costs to equip the 752 are simply too high...
They must know something more than you since they're getting ATA's 753s so they can put MORE 752s on EWR-europe routes....