As far as charters, though, I would imagine that we're doing quite a bit more profitable charter flying than Delta is.
You seriously believe that?
Delta logs busiest charter day ever
October 12, 2009
Delta logged a new one-day charter record Sunday, with more than 60 charter flights carrying 36 sports teams and two military units.
Six teams from the National Football League, 11 from the National Basketball Association and four from Major League Baseball were among Delta’s Sunday charter guests, crisscrossing the U.S. to dozens of football, basketball and baseball games.
“Fall is always an exciting season for Delta as we earn revenues from our growing charter business while scheduled passenger volumes are slower,” said Bill Wernecke, director-Charter Operations. “We are on track to complete the busiest fall charter season in Delta’s history, thanks to the increased fleet flexibility provided by the merger and our employees on the ground and in the air who continue to deliver great service to charter customers.”
Teams traveling this past weekend included six Major League Baseball teams contending for division titles – the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Boston Red Sox.
To date, Delta has a lock on carrying three of the four division playoff finalists for Major League Baseball’s division series. A Phillies win Monday against the Colorado Rockies would result in all four playoff teams flying Delta exclusively to and from their playoff games, and ultimately the 2009 World Series.
There was a memo that came out about how many millions DL makes off of charters.