Dont call me Shirley
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A senior official of US Airways recently stated that US would like to become the "Alaska Airlines of the East". By that he meant that AS, a long established and "mature" carrier has managed to give the LCCs a run for their money while maintaining the service standards that customers expect of a full service airline (FT program with worldwide destinations, F/C service [such as F/C is on US], international flights, interlining, etc). He acknowledged that AS, like US, as a core of very loyal FTs.
Given that lofty goal, how do AS CASMs stack up?
How big of a chunk of that is labor?
Also, how much of AS's business is south of SEA? (The US official seemed to think that significant portion of AS revenues are from EAS subsidies and markets in 49th states without LCC competition?
Given that lofty goal, how do AS CASMs stack up?
How big of a chunk of that is labor?
Also, how much of AS's business is south of SEA? (The US official seemed to think that significant portion of AS revenues are from EAS subsidies and markets in 49th states without LCC competition?
