Delta 30 Gates In SEA
11-24-2014, 06:18 AM
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Some AS guys can't see past Juno...
11-24-2014, 06:45 AM
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Amazing how y'all continue to cling onto this gossip. In my new hire class, we heard directly from a chief pilot as well as a couple of the executives as to what really happened to spark this little turf war, and it is not as simple as y'all say. Plenty of blame (unreasonable demands / bullying) on Delta's part, for sure.
11-24-2014, 07:00 AM
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Amazing how y'all continue to cling onto this gossip. In my new hire class, we heard directly from a chief pilot as well as a couple of the executives as to what really happened to spark this little turf war, and it is not as simple as y'all say. Plenty of blame (unreasonable demands / bullying) on Delta's part, for sure.
Well young grasshopper,
We have time here. Do explain the executives from AS take on "this little turf war."
Let's hear "the not so simple unreasonable demands and bullying" as you say. Please enlighten us so we can know the truth.
Seems straight forward and simple. DL has to move NRT to SEA. Needed feed. AS was reluctant to do so and actually entered into an agreement to code with Emirates instead. That was the day that this became real.
From the WSJ 6/29/14:
But Atlanta-based Delta has become disenchanted with its current Asian hub, at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. Not only has Japan's importance waned as China's air traffic has boomed, but Delta lacks a Japanese airline partner to feed its flights there, and Narita is losing business to an airport closer to downtown Tokyo.
Seattle, the 15th busiest U.S. airport, with 17.4 million passengers boarded last year, was Delta's best option on the West Coast. But the carrier has built up its own feeder operations there, rather than deepen its relationship with Alaska Airlines.
Glen Hauenstein, Delta's chief revenue officer, thinks Seattle is big enough for both carriers. "I don't think anybody gets to claim anything in the business world as theirs," he said in an interview. "Clearly we'll serve some of the same cities but we serve a different spectrum of the market. They're a giant superregional. We're a global carrier."
Alaska Airlines concedes that overseas flights generally bring "value for Seattle, the people who live here and the businesses," said Joe Sprague, senior vice president of communications. "It can be positive for Alaska as well. Those airlines need feed" traffic to fill the big overseas planes, he said.
11-24-2014, 07:06 AM
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11-24-2014, 07:12 AM
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11-24-2014, 07:16 AM
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Well young grasshopper,
We have time here. Do explain the executives from AS take on "this little turf war."
Let's hear "the not so simple unreasonable demands and bullying" as you say. Please enlighten us so we can know the truth.
Seems straight forward and simple. DL has to move NRT to SEA. Needed feed. AS was reluctant to do so and actually entered into an agreement to code with Emirates instead. That was the day that this became real.
From the WSJ 6/29/14:
But Atlanta-based Delta has become disenchanted with its current Asian hub, at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. Not only has Japan's importance waned as China's air traffic has boomed, but Delta lacks a Japanese airline partner to feed its flights there, and Narita is losing business to an airport closer to downtown Tokyo.
Seattle, the 15th busiest U.S. airport, with 17.4 million passengers boarded last year, was Delta's best option on the West Coast. But the carrier has built up its own feeder operations there, rather than deepen its relationship with Alaska Airlines.
Glen Hauenstein, Delta's chief revenue officer, thinks Seattle is big enough for both carriers. "I don't think anybody gets to claim anything in the business world as theirs," he said in an interview. "Clearly we'll serve some of the same cities but we serve a different spectrum of the market. They're a giant superregional. We're a global carrier."
Alaska Airlines concedes that overseas flights generally bring "value for Seattle, the people who live here and the businesses," said Joe Sprague, senior vice president of communications. "It can be positive for Alaska as well. Those airlines need feed" traffic to fill the big overseas planes, he said.
We have time here. Do explain the executives from AS take on "this little turf war."
Let's hear "the not so simple unreasonable demands and bullying" as you say. Please enlighten us so we can know the truth.
Seems straight forward and simple. DL has to move NRT to SEA. Needed feed. AS was reluctant to do so and actually entered into an agreement to code with Emirates instead. That was the day that this became real.
From the WSJ 6/29/14:
But Atlanta-based Delta has become disenchanted with its current Asian hub, at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. Not only has Japan's importance waned as China's air traffic has boomed, but Delta lacks a Japanese airline partner to feed its flights there, and Narita is losing business to an airport closer to downtown Tokyo.
Seattle, the 15th busiest U.S. airport, with 17.4 million passengers boarded last year, was Delta's best option on the West Coast. But the carrier has built up its own feeder operations there, rather than deepen its relationship with Alaska Airlines.
Glen Hauenstein, Delta's chief revenue officer, thinks Seattle is big enough for both carriers. "I don't think anybody gets to claim anything in the business world as theirs," he said in an interview. "Clearly we'll serve some of the same cities but we serve a different spectrum of the market. They're a giant superregional. We're a global carrier."
Alaska Airlines concedes that overseas flights generally bring "value for Seattle, the people who live here and the businesses," said Joe Sprague, senior vice president of communications. "It can be positive for Alaska as well. Those airlines need feed" traffic to fill the big overseas planes, he said.
Hey, we'll build our global wide body hub, you guys can work on your superregional operation.
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