The new ORD-PVG flight in 2006 will bring in significant revenue, but I'd guess it won't be as much as the $215 million mentioned in the article below:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=100...WJTVzk&refer=us
Gotta like the methodology. Multiply the number of seats by the price UA currently charges. $215 million would be $294,521 each way, every day. Is that realistic? Any guesses as to a realistic revenue estimate?
American would generate an estimated $215 million in annual ticket sales, based on fares United charged Feb. 16 for Chicago- Shanghai flights departing Feb. 18 and March 9 and returning a week later. While that's a tiny share of American's $18.6 billion total 2004 revenue, long-haul international flights are more profitable than domestic routes.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=100...WJTVzk&refer=us
Gotta like the methodology. Multiply the number of seats by the price UA currently charges. $215 million would be $294,521 each way, every day. Is that realistic? Any guesses as to a realistic revenue estimate?