ASA moving CRJ-200s to MEM? Rumor

[General Lee]

Not if they reduce all the DCI flying in ATL.

Imagine that, actually fighting Southwest with DL MAINLINE planes? Really? Fight 737s with A319s moved from MEM? Sounds like a better idea. We'll see.......



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[777forever]

Southwest couldn't even beat US Airways up in PHL. They'll get a good smacking in ATL.

 

[flyboyike]

Nothing beats Randezvous in MEM!!!!!!!! Best ribs I ever had.

It's Rendez-vous. And I think Corky's on Poplar is better.

 

[resetjet]

Not if they reduce all the DCI flying in ATL.

Bingo! What they are trying to do in the face of a Southwest onslaught is move as many 1st class seats through ATL as possible.

 

[General Lee]

Bingo! What they are trying to do in the face of a Southwest onslaught is move as many 1st class seats through ATL as possible.

SWA onslaught? SWA is bringing the total number of flights in ATL DOWN to 175 total per day, and to fund that purchase and pay increases for local ATL employees (all employees) they will have to keep fares higher. They aren't a LCC anymore, and everyone knows it. But, they don't have bag fees! (even though the fares are often higher)


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[damnflyboy]

I don't think it will change for ASA that much. AirTran had business class and a more comparable domestic product to DAL than Southwest, yet DAL didn't reduce RJ capacity then. I could be wrong, but I just don't see it happening.

 

[Medeco]

SWA onslaught? SWA is bringing the total number of flights in ATL DOWN to 175 total per day, and to fund that purchase and pay increases for local ATL employees (all employees) they will have to keep fares higher. They aren't a LCC anymore, and everyone knows it. But, they don't have bag fees! (even though the fares are often higher)


Bye Bye---General Lee

To the basic consumer, reality matters little. Perception will win, atleast for a little while. They (SWA) will eat those cost for a while, and if the demand increases, so will the price.
The bargin buyer/flier will buy whatever ticket is cheapest.

Eventually they hype will fade for SWA in ATL.

 

[titans10]

The 50 seaters are going to start leaving at an rapid pace next year accourding to sources.

 

[Freebrd]

yeah yeah been hearing that for awhile now, did SH tell you that in recurrent

 

[PooPooPants]

yeah yeah been hearing that for awhile now, did SH tell you that in recurrent

Yes he did. Then we went out and bought another 200 or so 50 seaters!

 

[Freebrd]

Yes he did. Then we went out and bought another 200 or so 50 seaters!

U sure it wasn't another bottle of JD so he could get back to writing memos?

 

[mesaserf]

It's Rendez-vous. And I think Corky's on Poplar is better.

Corky's is a tourist trap. I had to turn into a slam-clicker because every fricking MEM overnight one of the FA's just HAD to go to Corky's and was hurt when I said hell to the no.

 

[titans10]

yeah yeah been hearing that for awhile now, did SH tell you that in recurrent

No, from a Big D update. Don't work for ASA. Good luck.

 

[brokedash]

Corky's is a tourist trap. I had to turn into a slam-clicker because every fricking MEM overnight one of the FA's just HAD to go to Corky's and was hurt when I said hell to the no.

Corky's isn't that bad, sauce is a little on the sweet side, tho.

 

[On Your Six]

yeah yeah been hearing that for awhile now, did SH tell you that in recurrent

Ed Bastian, President of Delta Airlines, stated in the conference call today to analysts that some of the capacity decrease for next year(1-3%) would consist of removing more RJs. You can read it in the Q&A section of the conference call done by Seeking Alpha.


From Mike Linenberg of Deutsche Bank about capacity being down next year by 1-3%, "What's impacting that number?"

Ed Bastian, "It's taking some more of the regional jets out and shifting some plans of modest slow growth into South America. Just a modest shift, no strategic change."



Godspeed!


OYS

 

[McNugent]

Is this the same Ed Bastian that was talking about reducing the number of DCI carriers and realizing the cost effectiveness of Delta's wholly owned partners? That wasn't too long ago, and look where we are now. Sell off most of the wholly owned's and heck, add a new DCI carrier to the mix. No one knows what's going to happen, and that includes Delta Air Lines.

 

[On Your Six]

Is this the same Ed Bastian that was talking about reducing the number of DCI carriers and realizing the cost effectiveness of Delta's wholly owned partners? That wasn't too long ago, and look where we are now. Sell off most of the wholly owned's and heck, add a new DCI carrier to the mix. No one knows what's going to happen, and that includes Delta Air Lines.

Really? What are the current numbers of 50 and 70/76 seaters this year compared to the last two? Comair will be down to 44 planes by next year, and Gojets is just getting CR7s from Skywest and ASA, the same planes just recycled. The cap for those planes has not increased, and the number of 50 seaters has dropped significantly. ASA has shifted many to United, Mesa's Freedom Air was dropped, and Comair has shrunk. You don't think Delta is serious about cutting back on the fuel inefficient and costly RJs? The new FAA fatigue rules probably won't help either....


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[bigshooter107]

ASA has to maintain 80% of all connection flying in ATL. Pulling them out raises the other connection carrirers percentage and lowers ASA's.

I doubt it...

Who knows what that percentage is now, and if they reduce all connection flying out of Atl then the 80percent might not matter much...

 

[SiuDude]

The new FAA fatigue rules probably won't help either....

Any...day...now, any....day....now.

 

[Abernathy]

Who knows what that percentage is now, and if they reduce all connection flying out of Atl then the 80percent might not matter much...

You're right. Delta will probably replace 90% of CRJ200,700, and 900 flying out of Atlanta and replace it with 900 flights a day on Maddogs, DC-9s, and 737s. And they're going to do it all in the next 7 months.

Yeah I'd go with that theory.