LMP737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 554 times:
American Eagle starts flying from SNA-SFO. Starting off there will be four flights a day, in addition there will be one from SNA-LAX. A short hop for sure.
The AE SNA-SFO route actually replaces the AA SNA-SFO route. The loads on those flight were very light. They were lucky to get 30-40 people on those flights. Kind of hard to make money with those few people on a MD-80 or 737-800.
ILUV767 From United States of America, joined May 2000, 3141 posts, RR: 8 Reply 1, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 527 times:
LMP737 wrote: The AE SNA-SFO route actually replaces the AA SNA-SFO route. The loads on those flight were very light. They were lucky to get 30-40 people on those flights. Kind of hard to make money with those few people on a MD-80 or 737-800.
While the loads may be light, for United Airlines the Orange County-San Francisco route is one of the more high yielding routes in the United system carrying many full fare international first/biz connection passengers up to SFO for international connections. This is why you see United running 757s as the primary plane on this route.
I wonder how many of AA's FF's are going to jump ship to UA because as a general rule of thumb, FF pax hate regional jets. I'm sure UA will be nice and willing to comp status in return for business.
LMP737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 515 times:
They probably wont lose that many FF, if any at all. Most AA passengers flying to the bay area fly into San Jose. SFO gets fogged in a lot, so a lot of AA FF fly into SJC instead. Last week flights in and out of SFO were delayed because of fog.
Passengers hate regional jets? That's a new one on me. I know most passengers prefer RJ's over turbo props. Sure, a 737 is more comfortable than an RJ. However, on short trips it's not as big of a factor. Also the fares on RJ flights are cheaper.
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