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- Dec 5, 2003
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thanks for the reminder on the gate designations....
I never said that Skyteam would benefit more than AA. But the tunnels have two ends which means that DL passengers could access what is on the other end of the tunnel as much as AA passengers can.
Any carrier's facilities can be bought out as long as they receive enough money.
But all of this about LAX doesn't change that no carrier is going to gain a significantly large enough number of gates over another competitor to become a dominant carrier in the sense that AA is at DFW or DL is at ATL.
And it still says that whatever gates each carrier does have will be used for the greatest revenue impact and part of those calculations right now involve pushing on weaker carriers.
It is no surprise that UA is struggling with its revenue model and AA and DL's combined efforts to push on UA at LAX could result in a significant restructuring of the market. There is no reason now to believe that either AA or DL will be left out of any crumbs that fall from UA's table.
And if AA can gain a victory at LAX, that will be great for them but it won't change that other markets including DCA, DFW, and Latin America will become a whole lot more competitive.
I never said that Skyteam would benefit more than AA. But the tunnels have two ends which means that DL passengers could access what is on the other end of the tunnel as much as AA passengers can.
Any carrier's facilities can be bought out as long as they receive enough money.
But all of this about LAX doesn't change that no carrier is going to gain a significantly large enough number of gates over another competitor to become a dominant carrier in the sense that AA is at DFW or DL is at ATL.
And it still says that whatever gates each carrier does have will be used for the greatest revenue impact and part of those calculations right now involve pushing on weaker carriers.
It is no surprise that UA is struggling with its revenue model and AA and DL's combined efforts to push on UA at LAX could result in a significant restructuring of the market. There is no reason now to believe that either AA or DL will be left out of any crumbs that fall from UA's table.
And if AA can gain a victory at LAX, that will be great for them but it won't change that other markets including DCA, DFW, and Latin America will become a whole lot more competitive.
