Delta Announces BOS-MEX flight
Aug 19, 2023, 2:34 pm
#31
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Your guess is as good as mine, and that's why I called it shortsighted. The product strategy from DL has been consistently smart, but the route strategy is pretty terrible - it's just defending fortresses (e.g., MSP-DUB) rather than doing anything inventive or growing at focus cities (RDU, formerly AUS)
Aug 19, 2023, 3:02 pm
#32
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Aug 19, 2023, 4:08 pm
#33
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Aug 19, 2023, 4:09 pm
#34
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United hasn’t pulled SFO-Christchurch, or LAX-Brisbane, yet DL could not make its rather lackluster BOS-MEX work, even before it started
Oct 2, 2023, 3:10 pm
#37
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I agree. Interestingly, Aeromexico used to fly this route up till 2018/2019 and then cancelled it due to their own financial situation. I wonder if they can make it work now either by using a more fuel-efficient aircraft or the feed onto delta flights to Europe.