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FLB, would you consider Airtran a LCC? I believe Airtran's latest CASM is 8.65cents.FLB717 said:FDJ2,
If thier CSM is above those numbers yeah, it thay are well above, you betcha! Anyone know what Indy's numbers are?
Flightinfo censored the IFE company name because it has that 4 letter word (sh1t) in it. That's the only reason.Medeco said:Interesting quote, and article. Also funny that Flightinfo censored the IFE product name.
America West has First Class and coach as well.FDJ2 said:Doesn't Airtran have two seat classes?
I'm not busting on you, buy no means, but it just seems hard to pin down exactly what a LCC carrier is, other then a marketing pitch to Wallstreet and the leisure traveler.
10 years ago you could say it was an airline that flew single class, point to point in a single type air frame (SWA). You just can't say that anymore. I suspect you're a LCC if you choose to label yourself as one. The variety of airlines business models that are now claiming to be LCC is stretching the definition. You even have airlines with CASMs in the 20cent range that claim to be LCCs.
jetblue320 said:Flightinfo censored the IFE company name because it has that 4 letter word (sh1t) in it. That's the only reason.
Tricky, eh?
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Which LCC, besides SWA, posted a profit last quarter? Airtran?, AWA?, Indy?, ATA?, Frontier? Aren't they all touted as LCCs? Which LCC will post a profit this quarter? If they miss two quarters are they still LCCs? If they file BK (Vanguard, AWA, ATA etc.) were they ever really LCCs?Ganja60Heavy said:One thing stands out as THE benchmark in measuring LCC's:
Can they eek out a profit despite charitably low airfares?
Let me see, so if you correct for your actual CASM and fudge it a little, then you can claim LCC status? Seems kind of fishy, but then again there really isn't a real definition of LCC, so I guess you can call yourself one whenever you want.FLB717 said:Prior to the current increase of fuel prices, our CSM was 8.1, with full 737 deliveries it was going to be 7.77. If we correct for price increases for fuel I think the current 8.65 is still a lot lower than DAL, USA, UAL, CAL etc. The only people who may be lower is JBLU and SWA. So yes we are a LCC.