Originally Posted by ClueByFour
Nice earnings, but you will note that capacity is down 15 points or so from last year while demand is up. Again, I ask: what exactly did people think was going to happen in that scenario? And what happens once the capacity stops shrinking?
And US is no more guilty than the other legacy carriers:
"The big six carriers — American, Delta, United, Continental, Northwest and U.S. Airways — have a domestic operating fleet of 759 airplanes, which is 22 percent smaller than it was in July of 2001, according to the transport association." - Houston Chronical, July 20 2006
All of the legacy carriers are in the same boat here. Your argument could be applied to any of the big six. Adding the new Europe service was a smart use of resources. I don't think you'll see Southwest flying to Lisbon any time soon.