Delta 30 Gates In SEA
12-16-2014, 04:49 PM
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lolwut?
I never said anything about putting AS out of business. In fact I've said before AS is around to stay forever, obvious merger mania notwithstanding, but that doesn't count as being "put out of business" by any means.
There will be fare wars though, and there WILL be capacity dumping. AS will be a part of that on their end as well. Just look at the pathetic attempt at revenge in SLC and continued transcons being dumped all over the place.
I predict DL will have no choice but to sacrifice some of the record breaking YoY growth numbers in yields and margins to fight back (and win) because the alternative is to endlessly shrink to accommodate the attacks of your competitors. It is a war that AS can't win in the long run, and they will have to retreat and retrench. But they won't go out of business that's just silly.
Besides all that though, even if I did say AS was going to go out of business (which I didn't) how would that change anything about the friendly charity wager? You said DL was basically going to pull all this growth out of SEA within 5 years. The ONLY reason you would pull out of the friendly wager is because you realize you're wrong and don't want to lose. But even then, its for charity bro.
I never said anything about putting AS out of business. In fact I've said before AS is around to stay forever, obvious merger mania notwithstanding, but that doesn't count as being "put out of business" by any means.
There will be fare wars though, and there WILL be capacity dumping. AS will be a part of that on their end as well. Just look at the pathetic attempt at revenge in SLC and continued transcons being dumped all over the place.
I predict DL will have no choice but to sacrifice some of the record breaking YoY growth numbers in yields and margins to fight back (and win) because the alternative is to endlessly shrink to accommodate the attacks of your competitors. It is a war that AS can't win in the long run, and they will have to retreat and retrench. But they won't go out of business that's just silly.
Besides all that though, even if I did say AS was going to go out of business (which I didn't) how would that change anything about the friendly charity wager? You said DL was basically going to pull all this growth out of SEA within 5 years. The ONLY reason you would pull out of the friendly wager is because you realize you're wrong and don't want to lose. But even then, its for charity bro.
12-16-2014, 07:20 PM
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we are just a one hit wonder east of Spokane.......When Delta has a 737 and maybe a 717 base in SEA and starts lapping us with 3 or 4 flights a day on our one a day schedule, we will start feeling the pain....and word is they are going to spill some of that multiple transcon into the pdx market.....Still pretty sure Delta is not in a "battle for Seattle"....They are going to just move in....Done deal
12-16-2014, 09:34 PM
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