Originally Posted by oswaldjacoby
Lets face it. Over the past few months, JB seems to be losing its golden touch. When you add together:
1)Worst on time record of all major airlines
2)Transcon "nonstops" constantly making fuel pitstops
3)Huge 4th quarter loss
4)Plummeting stock price
These are clearly not happy times.
It really is sad, isn't it.
I don't think B6 will exist in a few years- it is our time's PeoplExpress, nothing more than a fad. Seeing the deterioration of the services as one casually attempts to fly B6, one is not surprised that the airline is in financial trouble- I almost feel like they deserve it. Neelman was good at setting up and running a small airline with flights to upstate NY and Florida. With B6's massive delays, they cannot retain business travelers- who make up most airline passengers especially on routes like JFK-BOS and BOS-IAD.
What will become of terminal 5 at JFK, which when B6 was healthy they planned to use? Will it sit there unused ever? Which airline will gain the most from B6's demise, DL, AA, CO, US, or all four?