Originally Posted by HeathrowGuy
I disagree somewhat - cutting costs is important, but boosting the other side of the equation -- revenues -- is just as important at this stage, and both carriers offer products that cannot reasonably entice passengers to choose them when the pax have a choice of airlines (to say nothing of trying to get them to pay *more* to fly your airline). Heck, DL and NW domestic fliers should ask for a *discount* on their tickets if B6 is an option on a given route.
The avg american consumer cares about the dollar amount. It takes less than a dollar tyo sway a sale many times.
If NWA and DL can cut labor costs and lease rates, then couple that with cheap fares, one say it would bring them (perhaps for NWA more than DL) close to profiability.
B6 isn't much of an option many times, they are JFK based - and thats not a big deal for NWA, but more so for DL - which they have already combated by putting Song on many ex JFK routes.
Interesting ,I am sure DL is going to be able to wipe out some of the cost associated with the retrofitting of the 757s for Song...
-Vincent