robbedagain
Veteran
what will be really interesting is to see how DL and UA respond as well as the new AA when the merger closes and all i could also see possibly all 4 airlines competing for that type of thing but we shall see
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UA is the largest airline across the Pacific but DL is the largest from Japan. UA's strengths are larger from HKG and China which do not have Open Skies with the US which would limit their ability to grow.I really hate to do this because it will invite a thesis-like response about the supremacy of a certain ATL-based carrier by some posters (WT and/or Spec), but nevertheless here it is: shouldn't the thought of Emirates starting T-PAC service to the USA scare DL since they would have the most to lose? Afetrall, DL is huge across the Pacific, so a good chunk of marketshare that Emirates might pick up could be DLs? No?
Further, EK is already infiltrating US to Europe routes and could easily do the same thing between the US and Latin America. All they need are the rights to be able to fly beyond the US to other countries.
There is undoubtedly a strategy by EK to enter the Italy-US market at a time when Alitalia is weak... but maybe that is part of AA's proposal too.
The question is whether AA can build enough traffic fast enough esp. to Latin American markets which EK doesn't serve to overcome the startup losses that are typical of every new route but esp. those that are started in the winter to a country that is facing deep economic problems.
Why wouldn't "we" accept the numbers.Even if we accept the numbers you present