How High Fares Can Hurt Revenue

[BoeingBoy]

Syracuse pays top dollar for tickets to Denver

March 16, 2004
By Rick Moriarty
Staff writer

Syracuse University basketball fans planning a trip to Denver to see their Orangemen play in the NCAA Tournament could save a lot of money by flying out of three other Upstate cities instead of Syracuse.

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Maybe someone with access to Sabre can pull up loads for our SYR-DEN going Wednesday & returning Sunday. If we're full (or nearly) then forget this thread. But if we're not, how much revenue are we losing from people driving to surrounding cities to take advantage of lower fares?

Jim

 

[Flying Titan]

Sadly, all of the upstate NY markets used to be dominated by U. Since the LCCs have entered in BUF, ALB and to a lesser extent in ROC - U has steadily been losing market share. U still dominates SYR, but the market seems to be shrinking. Whenever I'm there, it seems SYR has fewer and fewer people walking through the terminal. With fare options like these, is there any wonder why?