WorldTraveler
Corn Field
- Dec 5, 2003
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- #61
DL can support any policies it wants but it doesn't make law.
AA and DL can buy whatever it wants.
AS and WN are about the only large US airlines that have an all US built fleet - but they also don't fly longhaul int'l routes or have multiple fleet types.
in case you forgot, the discussion is about fuel hedging. DL will post fuel hedge losses. So will virtually every other airline that hedges fuel.
DL and UA will offset some of those losses due to fuel hedge losses due to currency hedge gains.
No US carrier hedges more than 1/2 of its expected fuel consumption so all carriers will benefit from fuel price reductions.
given that fuel hedge losses will amount to less than a couple percent of total revenues, differences in revenue generation have as much or more to do with profitability. DL's revenue generation both per seat mile and in growth per ASM currently leads the US industry.
As much as you or others want to believe otherwise, fuel hedge losses or lack thereof are not going to make a significant difference in total profitability for any carrier.
AA and DL can buy whatever it wants.
AS and WN are about the only large US airlines that have an all US built fleet - but they also don't fly longhaul int'l routes or have multiple fleet types.
in case you forgot, the discussion is about fuel hedging. DL will post fuel hedge losses. So will virtually every other airline that hedges fuel.
DL and UA will offset some of those losses due to fuel hedge losses due to currency hedge gains.
No US carrier hedges more than 1/2 of its expected fuel consumption so all carriers will benefit from fuel price reductions.
given that fuel hedge losses will amount to less than a couple percent of total revenues, differences in revenue generation have as much or more to do with profitability. DL's revenue generation both per seat mile and in growth per ASM currently leads the US industry.
As much as you or others want to believe otherwise, fuel hedge losses or lack thereof are not going to make a significant difference in total profitability for any carrier.