No wonder there are no free seats
Jul 7, 1999, 7:08 am
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No wonder there are no free seats
They are selling them...
Delta's Load factor recap for July is at:
http://www.newspage.com/network/expo...&date=19990707
[This message has been edited by jeffreyt (edited 07-07-1999).]
Delta's Load factor recap for July is at:
http://www.newspage.com/network/expo...&date=19990707
[This message has been edited by jeffreyt (edited 07-07-1999).]
Jul 7, 1999, 8:42 am
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It seems like a 77% domestic load factor is low. I haven't been on a DL flight in the last 6 months that hasn't either been full or oversold. Where the hell are the empty seats to cover the other 23%?? They must be on ComAir or another DL regional.
Jul 7, 1999, 8:52 am
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Notice that their load factor decreased from a year ago though because their available seat miles outgrew their revenue passenger miles.
I don't believe that revenue passenger miles include non-rev passengers (though it does probably include frequent flyer awards).
I don't believe that revenue passenger miles include non-rev passengers (though it does probably include frequent flyer awards).
Jul 8, 1999, 2:52 pm
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I'm not sure about the figures including FF award travel. If they are revenue miles then I believe they DON'T include the award travel since no money was collected for those tickets.
As for DL available seat miles outgrowing revenue passenger miles, this suggests that someone at DL finally got smart and decided to add larger planes/more flights to the schedule to accommodate increased demand. Although their load factor may be down, I'd bet their revenues are up.
Also, with load factor down, this suggests more available seats for awards. The data is only for one month, but if the load factors have trended down since the start of the year and continue down (or at least remain at the current level), we can expect that DL's % seats used for award travel will be HIGHER than it was last year.
As for DL available seat miles outgrowing revenue passenger miles, this suggests that someone at DL finally got smart and decided to add larger planes/more flights to the schedule to accommodate increased demand. Although their load factor may be down, I'd bet their revenues are up.
Also, with load factor down, this suggests more available seats for awards. The data is only for one month, but if the load factors have trended down since the start of the year and continue down (or at least remain at the current level), we can expect that DL's % seats used for award travel will be HIGHER than it was last year.