Having knowledge of several flights that are booked past capacity on a daily basis makes me wonder what is really going on. I mean if flight X seats 144 and is booked to 160 daily AND goes out with full capacity daily, shouldn't fares be raised on that city pair?????
Isn't the law of supply and demand still for today? I'm not the smartest guy in the world but the scoreboard shows that American's are being forced to fly because of gas prices at the pump. This involves me with an airline ticket purchase for next month. Last I checked, US AIRWAYS Load factor was close to 85% systemwide. So why not raise ticket prices about $100 in markets that we have a stranglehold on? What gives?
Why keep coming to labor? Why not fix the fares and 'rightsize' them? certainly there is alot of wiggle room at 85% load factors. And does this airline really need a 105% load factor to break even based on current ticket prices? How bout fixing the fares and stop worrying about charging $3 for pillows and blankies.
Isn't the law of supply and demand still for today? I'm not the smartest guy in the world but the scoreboard shows that American's are being forced to fly because of gas prices at the pump. This involves me with an airline ticket purchase for next month. Last I checked, US AIRWAYS Load factor was close to 85% systemwide. So why not raise ticket prices about $100 in markets that we have a stranglehold on? What gives?
Why keep coming to labor? Why not fix the fares and 'rightsize' them? certainly there is alot of wiggle room at 85% load factors. And does this airline really need a 105% load factor to break even based on current ticket prices? How bout fixing the fares and stop worrying about charging $3 for pillows and blankies.