masedogg19
I bless the rains.......
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wheelsup said:I saw some report that had Mesa @ 10.5 cents per seat mile while AWAC, at the current rates, are 15 cents per seat mile, i.e. 50% higher cost than Mesa. Not a good thing when the legacies are trying to cut costs!
~wheelsup
wheelsup said:They spent all their liquid cash on securing their spot with US Air when they invested in it, so I don't see much money left over for buying additional aircraft.
~wheelsup
s.o.sJTB said:Assuming the RJ costs about $1100 per hr to operate I cant imagine that Mesa could do it for $600 pr hr. Even if Mesa was only 10% cheaper than AWAC that is still a $100 pr hr difference, that is still way more than the difference in crew compensation.
Table 12: Airline Domestic Unit Costs (Cents per Mile)
Regionals
Ranked by 3rd Quarter Domestic Unit Costs
(Domestic Operating Expenses per Available Seat Mile in cents)
Excel | CSV
3Q 2004 RankRegional Carriers3rd Quarter 2003 (cents per mile)4th Quarter 2003 (cents per mile)1st Quarter 2004 (cents per mile)2nd Quarter 2004 (cents per mile)3rd Quarter 2004 (cents per mile)3rd Quarter Operating Expenses $(Millions)
Air Wisconsin 13.45 14.65 15.66 15.40 15.45 156.82
American Eagle 15.23 13.50 14.76 14.27 14.21 319.23
Sky West 12.49 12.79 13.19 13.35 13.23 270.34
Express Jet 13.32 12.92 13.40 12.58 12.6 63 12.35
Atlantic Southeast 11.68 11.97 12.15 11.99 12.34 216.16
Comair 10.81 10.88 11.58 11.49 12.23 291.97
Mesa N/A N/A 11.76 10.34 10.87 209.1
Seven Carrier Total N/A N/A 14.69 14.18 14.191,775.9
Kenny said:If we get any new aircraft they are going to be CRJ900's, not only do they save on the training costs but they're not scoped out by the America West guys.!!!!
wheelsup said:from day 1 the company treats you like a person, not a servant a la [insert bottom feeder here].
~wheelsup