BunkerF16

That's what he said.

Excargodog

How about gold painted lead?

Bluedriver

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Works for me... Or just lead paint. Or just lead.

Bluedriver

Left myself wide open there...

Halon1211

No that is what Swayne Martin said.

Flyhayes

That's only because of the low cost competition. Take out the low cost competition and there is good reason to stay big. MCO is a huge travel destination. There is a reason that it's the largest market for Hertz.

Liger

Good luck trying to compete with F9 out of MCO.

Bluedriver

The low cost competition is only part of it, and probably not the biggest part of it. The reality is JB has had a limited and metered amount of new resources (new aircraft) being delivered each year for the last decade+. Over that time new opportunities continue to present themselves that either involve unobtainium assets (DCA slots, NEA slots, LAX gates), new competition that must be defended against (Delta's buildup of BOS, NYC) or opportunities that drive much better returns in general (Mint).

The reason why ULCC airlines are successful in MCO/LAS and cheap Florida vacations is because there is a lot of demand on those routes for cheap tickets. But there is also a lot of demand for low/moderate prices tickets, which is why SWA is the largest in MCO and why all the full fare airlines still operate a ton of flights. JB can and will (when it wants) continue to eat into the market share of those low/moderate priced travelers when it has the surplus of resources to go after them. That just hasn't happened yet as other opportunities or threats have always been metered at JB faster than the resources have been metered into JB.

Bluedriver

F9 going to switch to hardstands in MCO like they are in Denver?

pilotpayne

hey you should thank us. Apparently y’all are going to be the huge super ulcc. I bet while JetBlue tries to digest spirit you guys will grow and push us right out of mco.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=79DijItQXMM