And now we lose Icelandair from SFO
Oct 2, 2019, 5:10 am
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It is not directly AS' fault, but it does represent one more poor business decision by AS in partnering with a weak carrier. The flip side is that AS may not be able to bring enough to a stronger carrier to desire a partnership or that stronger partner may already have a much broader network partner which brings more to the bottom line.
Oct 2, 2019, 11:51 am
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Oct 2, 2019, 12:19 pm
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Originally Posted by Eurynom0s;[url=tel:31584710
31584710[/url]]It may not be AS's decision but they've been getting absolutely hammered by partner changes/cancellations lately.
Oct 2, 2019, 1:02 pm
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I saw that in the news yesterday. The MAX grounding was referenced, as were weak bookings.I found that part odd...I know several people from Kansas City who booked Iceland trips in the past 2 years and they never even deep-discounted the fares. Plus the city guaranteed to cover losses if there were any. I figured the flights were at least breaking even, but my guess is that running 757's on the route isn't sustainable. A slightly smaller and much more cost-effective MAX would have been better.
As far as I know, we're down to one major carrier international flight - a Jazz flight to YYZ. (Not counting the various holiday charters to Cancun, etc.)
