Gary Kelly: No Current Airline Like AirTran
Feb 19, 2014, 9:39 pm
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The number of red-eyes would be a small percentage of the airlines' schedule and would have a minimal impact on their overall CASM, but there would likely be some benefit.
Feb 21, 2014, 11:20 pm
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And they're actually pretty much favored by Customers flying East.
Feb 23, 2014, 9:51 pm
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I don't believe this is true, some customers use them because they need to, but I really don't believe the are favored for domestic travel, if they were, airlines that already offer them would offer more of them and/or charge a premium for them.
Feb 23, 2014, 10:05 pm
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Most of the people flying red eyes are on half of a round trip. Many of those people may not have bought the other half if they had to sacrifice another day. They deserve some consideration. The Airline by using that aircraft on another flight gets additional incremental revenue over the fixed cost of the aircraft. Its a win win.
Mar 23, 2014, 10:10 pm
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Each aircraft flying a red-eye East can recoup lost time due to time zones up to 2 hours.
There are lots of Customers that can finish their work day, relax have dinner with the family or business partners then go to the airport and arrive anywhere on the East Coast even with a connection by 10AM.
This hasn't been a Southwest thing but other airlines including Airtran exploited it.
There are lots of Customers that can finish their work day, relax have dinner with the family or business partners then go to the airport and arrive anywhere on the East Coast even with a connection by 10AM.
This hasn't been a Southwest thing but other airlines including Airtran exploited it.
Mar 23, 2014, 10:24 pm
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Most of the people flying red eyes are on half of a round trip. Many of those people may not have bought the other half if they had to sacrifice another day. They deserve some consideration. The Airline by using that aircraft on another flight gets additional incremental revenue over the fixed cost of the aircraft. Its a win win.
Mar 23, 2014, 10:39 pm
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I don't know how/why you muddled the whole airline in this. One LAX-BWI red-eye would put that aircraft in the air more than 4 hours than it does now. That's huge money for use normal people... If I had $40-60M in a bank earning nothing half the day I'd be screaming! At least recouping 4 hours is something.