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- Dec 5, 2003
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no, there are a number of seasonal suspensions of service esp. on routes to/from northern Europe.
Given that the entire industry is pulling down service to/from the Middle East and N. Africa, I don't think I would worry too much about DL losing anything. BTW, wasn't CO supposed to have started a route to CAI? I guess the political unrest in the ME must be quite real since CO NEVER pulls out of a route.
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You also haven't heard where and how DL will be redeploying these aircraft... nor have you seen all of the cuts from other carriers.
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And of course you haven't seen the financial results from the carriers that have decided that they will add capacity at the time when everyone else pulls down capacity since financials seem to indicate that would be the right thing to do...
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Once again, those who make the most about capacity cuts at other carriers are usually the ones left to defend the finAAnciAAl results of their own carrier when it's all said and done.
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Oh, BTW, AA and DL have both now reported traffic reports for May... of note, is that AA's load factor on the Pacific was down 11% on 30+% more capacity.. no other airline that has reported so far has reported a load factor decline that large in any global region. AA's load factor decline on the Atlantic at 2.7 points down was larger than the decline in any region reported by DL.
To demonstrate the differences in AA and DL's approach to managing Pacific capacity, DL quickly came out and said the HND flights were not developing and downgraded the route from the planned 744 to a 777. It then cancelled the flights for several months following the earthquake and is set to restart DTW in a couple weeks (LAX is already operating again IIRC). Shortly after DL announced its cutbacks, AA announced the same thing for JFK-HND. DL is now asking the DOT for a dormancy waiver on DTW-HND or for the authority to move the route to a beach market since they have held up better than mainland US to Japan markets.
Bottom line is that DL repeatedly gets flack for pulling key routes, usually does it first, but also somehow manages to report stronger financial results than the industry because of its willingness to pull routes when it is apparent they aren't working.
Let's see what UA has to say when it reports, probably within a day.
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Apparently, some carriers understand that matching capacity to demand is paramount to maximizing financial returns.
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If they can also manage costs, then there is all the more confirmation that capacity should come out in the current environment....
BTW, there are a number of reports that indicate that the IATA and other organizations believe the short-lived uptick in the industry is probably over as of this year.
Given that the entire industry is pulling down service to/from the Middle East and N. Africa, I don't think I would worry too much about DL losing anything. BTW, wasn't CO supposed to have started a route to CAI? I guess the political unrest in the ME must be quite real since CO NEVER pulls out of a route.
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You also haven't heard where and how DL will be redeploying these aircraft... nor have you seen all of the cuts from other carriers.
.
And of course you haven't seen the financial results from the carriers that have decided that they will add capacity at the time when everyone else pulls down capacity since financials seem to indicate that would be the right thing to do...
.
Once again, those who make the most about capacity cuts at other carriers are usually the ones left to defend the finAAnciAAl results of their own carrier when it's all said and done.
.
Oh, BTW, AA and DL have both now reported traffic reports for May... of note, is that AA's load factor on the Pacific was down 11% on 30+% more capacity.. no other airline that has reported so far has reported a load factor decline that large in any global region. AA's load factor decline on the Atlantic at 2.7 points down was larger than the decline in any region reported by DL.
To demonstrate the differences in AA and DL's approach to managing Pacific capacity, DL quickly came out and said the HND flights were not developing and downgraded the route from the planned 744 to a 777. It then cancelled the flights for several months following the earthquake and is set to restart DTW in a couple weeks (LAX is already operating again IIRC). Shortly after DL announced its cutbacks, AA announced the same thing for JFK-HND. DL is now asking the DOT for a dormancy waiver on DTW-HND or for the authority to move the route to a beach market since they have held up better than mainland US to Japan markets.
Bottom line is that DL repeatedly gets flack for pulling key routes, usually does it first, but also somehow manages to report stronger financial results than the industry because of its willingness to pull routes when it is apparent they aren't working.
Let's see what UA has to say when it reports, probably within a day.
.
Apparently, some carriers understand that matching capacity to demand is paramount to maximizing financial returns.
.
If they can also manage costs, then there is all the more confirmation that capacity should come out in the current environment....
BTW, there are a number of reports that indicate that the IATA and other organizations believe the short-lived uptick in the industry is probably over as of this year.