Haveric From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1247 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 2968 times:
I would think US makes a ton of cash off of PHL-PIT. They recently forced Airtran out of the market and no doubt greatly increased prices on this route that is a bit too far for most people to drive
CLL777 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 2945 times:
That one is tough, but you have to look at which flights are full in First or on some coast to coast flights business and first. So your flights into highly populated areas where large amounts of business are, NYC, there is lots of money to be made. PHL and PIT are both hubs of US Air, that does not mean that they are making loads of money on the route, they just offer lots more service at a cheeper value.
MAH4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31121 posts, RR: 74 Reply 4, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 2864 times:
For American Airlines, MIA-LAX is a big moneymaker, and it is thier only US route to feature full-scale International Flagship service with 777s. MIA-SFO is also big on yields. Naturally, so are JFK-LAX and JFK-SFO. There is a list of every airline's big three moneymakers floating around on these boards somewhere, some of these results may surprise people.
Delta15 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 617 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 2770 times:
Deltas shuttle routes are actually money losers according to deltas news digest magazine contrary to popular belief. I know that Ric-Atl-Ric used to be one of deltas biggest money makers...Atl/cvg/jfk-cdg, and atl-lgw are big money makers for delta too.
Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22077 posts, RR: 51 Reply 6, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2735 times:
This question seems to come up every few months.
Here is a listing of the top 3 most profitable routes for each carrier in 2000 based on DOT statistics. Notice many are short hauls that produce high yield linking business markets or are hub to hub flying.
AS - SEA-PDX, ANC-FAI, SEA-GEG
HP - PHX-SNA, LAS-SNA, LAS-LAX
AA - DFW-ORD, ORD-LGA, ORD-BOS
CO - EWR-BOS, EWR-DCA, EWR-ORD
DL - LGA-BOS, LGA-DCA, ATL-ORD
NW - DTW-ORD, DTW-MSP, DTW-LGA
WN - DAL-AUS, DAL-HOU, DAL-SAT
UA - ORD-LGA, ORD-EWR, ORD-DCA
US - PHL-BOS, PHL-PIT, PIT-LGA
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
Airzim From Zimbabwe, joined Jun 2001, 1105 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 2682 times:
For all of you the complain about airlines not having West Coast hubs, I think the stats above speak volumes. Other than HP and WN (all in Texas) AS (doesn't fly there), the most profitable cities are all in the East coast.
NWA Man From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 1828 posts, RR: 13 Reply 11, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2605 times:
Airzim:
Other than HP and WN (all in Texas) AS (doesn't fly there), the most profitable cities are all in the East coast.
Ahh yes, the beautiful coastal cities of Minneapolis, Chicago, and Detroit...
NWA Man From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 1828 posts, RR: 13 Reply 13, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2588 times:
AerLingus-
I didn't laugh...I smiled in acknowledgement...
Seriously, we'll be able to compete with Ocean City, Wildwood and Virginia Beach once the new boardwalk is completed...
Also, MTV's ShoreThing summer broadcast will be headquartered at the Mall of America in 2004. Just thought I'd pass that along.
N766UA From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 7996 posts, RR: 27 Reply 14, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 2553 times:
CO EWR-ORD?? Those are all half empty 735s. COs most profitable route has to be EWR-FLL. Every flight is oversold.
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