Delta to drop Memphis as a hub

Cav said:
It would be nice of course but I'm confident in my view of the matter. :) I'd put money on CLT sticking around over PHL or PHX if I were forced to wager. There's a reason USAirways still has 13 flights per day from LGA to CLT after the slot swap and Delta's addition of flights on the same route. 7 of those 13 are 321's and 3 319's...there's a ton of lucrative business travel here.
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Don't take bets with this SOB because YOU WILL LOSE! I'm not even sure what all I owe him at this point.
 
God, if CLT closed, we'd have a staffing crisis. We've got 100+ guys here that commute out of CLT to both JFK and BOS. Flew with one on this last trip, and he said if it weren't for the CLT-LGA flights, he'd be screwed. 'Course he's probably going back to American soon, too. Eh, he's senior to me. :)
 
kellwolf said:
God, if CLT closed, we'd have a staffing crisis. We've got 100+ guys here that commute out of CLT to both JFK and BOS. Flew with one on this last trip, and he said if it weren't for the CLT-LGA flights, he'd be screwed. 'Course he's probably going back to American soon, too. Eh, he's senior to me. :)
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Kinda like if Memphis was closed for Endeavor crews. Oh wait...

FedEx guys must be getting used to having another guy with them now on MEM-JFK-MEM flights.
 
v1valarob said:
Kinda like if Memphis was closed for Endeavor crews. Oh wait...

FedEx guys must be getting used to having another guy with them now on MEM-JFK-MEM flights.
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That was already happening. When I was doing the JFK-MEM commute, I was rarely on a FedEx plane when I was the only jumpseater. MEM-DTW on FedEx was a knife fight before MEM closed, I can only imagine what it's like now.
 
kellwolf said:
That was already happening. When I was doing the JFK-MEM commute, I was rarely on a FedEx plane when I was the only jumpseater. MEM-DTW on FedEx was a knife fight before MEM closed, I can only imagine what it's like now.
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Bring a trident!
 
Oh snap...Domicile Huh Risk is on the market now? Where can I scoop one up? Does it allow twitter integration so I can tweet my domination as I destroy hubs?
 
The largest complaint I've heard of Memphis flyers is ticket prices and delta.

Hopefully with WN making the entrance they plan , B6 will soon follow.

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beeteeaye said:
The largest complaint I've heard of Memphis flyers is ticket prices and delta.

Hopefully with WN making the entrance they plan , B6 will soon follow.

I

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However, everyone complains about their 'hometown' airline.

The PHX media takes a steaming coil on USAirways all the darned time.
 
beeteeaye said:
The largest complaint I've heard of Memphis flyers is ticket prices and delta.

Hopefully with WN making the entrance they plan , B6 will soon follow.

I

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There's a huge difference to local consumers between being served as an out station by legacy carriers and B6/SWA vs being a hub city. Sure there may be some downward pressure on pricing which is good for consumers but something tells me all those complainers will miss a number of direct flights. B6 serve might serve 3-4 cities out of MEM and SWA might serve around the same number. With SWA operating a large op out of BNA I think their MEM op will look a lot more like their GSP than BNA.
 
beeteeaye said:
The largest complaint I've heard of Memphis flyers is ticket prices and delta.

Hopefully with WN making the entrance they plan , B6 will soon follow.

I

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Wouldn't exactly call it an "entrance." AirTran has been there for years. Also, why drop ticket prices to the point of making an 8% profit margin when based on competition pricing and demand you can do it with a 10% margin? SWA isn't the cheapest on a LOT of routes they fly, and I think the days of assuming SWA is going to be dirt cheap 6 months after they enter a market are over. They're adapting to the marketplace and becoming a lot like the bigger carriers they compete against. As for B6 following into MEM, I'm pretty skeptical on that. The O&D traffic there vs going somewhere in South America makes it not make a whole lot of sense with the current network. I'd wager we fly somewhere closer to Brazil before we fly into MEM. Biggest rumor around is either A330s or A350s for longer haul stuff. The last domestic routes we announced were either business travel routes (BOS-PHL, BOS/JFK-CHS) or strong arm deals from Massport (Worcester, MA-FLL/MCO). Other than that, it's been places like Medelin, Port Au Prince and Lima.
 
kellwolf said:
Wouldn't exactly call it an "entrance." AirTran has been there for years. Also, why drop ticket prices to the point of making an 8% profit margin when based on competition pricing and demand you can do it with a 10% margin? SWA isn't the cheapest on a LOT of routes they fly, and I think the days of assuming SWA is going to be dirt cheap 6 months after they enter a market are over. They're adapting to the marketplace and becoming a lot like the bigger carriers they compete against. As for B6 following into MEM, I'm pretty skeptical on that. The O&D traffic there vs going somewhere in South America makes it not make a whole lot of sense with the current network. I'd wager we fly somewhere closer to Brazil before we fly into MEM. Biggest rumor around is either A330s or A350s for longer haul stuff. The last domestic routes we announced were either business travel routes (BOS-PHL, BOS/JFK-CHS) or strong arm deals from Massport (Worcester, MA-FLL/MCO). Other than that, it's been places like Medelin, Port Au Prince and Lima.
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With AirTran, they've only serviced ATL, and occasionally other cities, but in the terms of "entrance" its a new aircraft, new destinations, and another option for air travel.

Most people in MEM would be more than happy to get a ticket on an aircraft that is half the price with double the seats. Profit or not, a 200 dollar ticket out of town is much better than an 800 dollar ticket.
 
I just priced a ticket from MEM to ORD for next Thursday. The cheapest I could find was almost $700. Fly out of LIT instead, $320.

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