WorldTraveler
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- Dec 5, 2003
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meto,
we have no idea to who or about what specifically your comment was targeted ....
700,
yes, all of those things will help but AA has a 20% margin swing to operate its Pacific network at comparable levels to AA and UA.
possible, but not something that will be easy. AA's actual operating loss on the Pacific was $48M which makes the estimate of $200 million to $300 million per year (given that other quarters have had much higher percentage losses) right in the ballpark.
BTW, the person who posts this data on "the other site" never bothers to include domestic information even though every US carrier is majority domestic.
DL is 62% domestic, AA is 55, UA is 57%, US is 71.
DL is the only network carrier with double digit margins on the domestic system - 13% operating profit. UA was the lowest at 2.5% and thus my comment. US was 9%, AA was 7. AS has a 30% margin on domestic while HA is at 20%... shows how valuable these niche domestic airlines are.
DL's domestic operating profit for the third quarter was $850M, larger than the total operating profit for any other airline.
Also highlights why DL's internal growth strategy for domestic at SEA including Alaska flights is fairly low risk.
another tidbit from this quarter's data is that DL and UA both provide the majority of domestic charters as well as both split most mail revenues carried by combination airlines. AA and US carry relatively little mail or charter revenue in comparison.
we have no idea to who or about what specifically your comment was targeted ....
700,
yes, all of those things will help but AA has a 20% margin swing to operate its Pacific network at comparable levels to AA and UA.
possible, but not something that will be easy. AA's actual operating loss on the Pacific was $48M which makes the estimate of $200 million to $300 million per year (given that other quarters have had much higher percentage losses) right in the ballpark.
BTW, the person who posts this data on "the other site" never bothers to include domestic information even though every US carrier is majority domestic.
DL is 62% domestic, AA is 55, UA is 57%, US is 71.
DL is the only network carrier with double digit margins on the domestic system - 13% operating profit. UA was the lowest at 2.5% and thus my comment. US was 9%, AA was 7. AS has a 30% margin on domestic while HA is at 20%... shows how valuable these niche domestic airlines are.
DL's domestic operating profit for the third quarter was $850M, larger than the total operating profit for any other airline.
Also highlights why DL's internal growth strategy for domestic at SEA including Alaska flights is fairly low risk.
another tidbit from this quarter's data is that DL and UA both provide the majority of domestic charters as well as both split most mail revenues carried by combination airlines. AA and US carry relatively little mail or charter revenue in comparison.
