![]() New York is one of the most important consumer spending markets in the world, so it’s important for the brand to be relevant in New York since the bulk of airline profit comes from the co-brand at American. Ultimately I argued then – and Raja argues now – that the New York market performs well because of signups for the AAdvantage program and co-brand card revenue. While some have mocked this as the incompetence defense to the anti-trust trial it does underscore the way in which this deal doesn’t marry two fierce competitors, it actually does create one, at least in New York.Īmerican Airlines New York JFK Terminal 8 Second, it lacked any interest or vision for competing effectively in New York, something that anyone reading this blog would have already known. First, the airline under US Airways management was not super competent. Yet American Airlines lost slots at JFK because the airport was such a low priority before the JetBlue deal – they were running short flights on small regional jets rather than making use of slots, and not even correctly tracking the ones they needed to squat on in order not to lose. ![]() ![]() They’d have killed to be in American Airlines’ position. Now, since the federal government won’t gift them more takeoff and landing slots, they’re leaving again. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has been beside himself that his airline walked away from New York JFK and they’ve been trying to claw themselves back in for the past few years. "I'm a little bit beside myself," he adds, noting that he's aware that it makes "everyone look a little ridiculous."
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