and no one doubted any of that, did they?
I'm talking about growth rates this year, not passenger boardings last year.
for Aug of this year, DL's number of seats offered at LAX is almost identical to PMAA's alone which is down year over year. US is up but not by as much as AA is down.
DL's growth rate in seats offered is up over 14%.
UA is not growing at LAX.
The difference between AA and DL at LAX is less than 10% and at the current growth rate, DL will be on par with AA within a year. LAX has long been AA's strongest west coast station.
Add in other major cities and DL has already added enough new capacity in the west to overcome the benefit that AA/US gained as a result of the merger.