Dizel8
Douglas metal
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- Feb 27, 2003
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Well, part of the problem is market share. Everybody wants it, so nobody gets it!
Well, that is not entirely true. Why does carriers defend their hubs like crazy, case in point NWA? Because if you "own" the market, you get to set the price.
Look at fares from DTW to Reno before, during and after Reno Air, but it was not just to Reno, it was every where Reno flew. The prices from DTW to those destinations dropped dramatically. The same thing was going on in ATL prior to Airtran, etc, etc.
Sure, a two dollars raise does not sound like much, but if the pilots gets one, the F/A's, the Mechs, the rampers etc. wants one, before you know it, it cost a lot of money.
It is correct, that all carriers, well more or less, would make money, if we could raise fares by 20 bucks, but if not all carriers goes along, as NWA seldom does, we get nowhere. If 20 bucks per ticket if the difference between going or not, then one needs to stay home. It would cost more than 200 bucks to drive coast to coast and take four days.
Well, that is not entirely true. Why does carriers defend their hubs like crazy, case in point NWA? Because if you "own" the market, you get to set the price.
Look at fares from DTW to Reno before, during and after Reno Air, but it was not just to Reno, it was every where Reno flew. The prices from DTW to those destinations dropped dramatically. The same thing was going on in ATL prior to Airtran, etc, etc.
Sure, a two dollars raise does not sound like much, but if the pilots gets one, the F/A's, the Mechs, the rampers etc. wants one, before you know it, it cost a lot of money.
It is correct, that all carriers, well more or less, would make money, if we could raise fares by 20 bucks, but if not all carriers goes along, as NWA seldom does, we get nowhere. If 20 bucks per ticket if the difference between going or not, then one needs to stay home. It would cost more than 200 bucks to drive coast to coast and take four days.