CX Traffic figures and NA capacity reduction

CX_777 · 15th August 2008, 18:37

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When looking at the individual load factors North America is looking pretty good with a load factor of 87% for July and 83% YTD. Same numbers for SE Asia and Middle East is 81% for July and 81% YTD.

So why redeploy capacity from NA to ME? I guess mostly because of the oil price having a bigger effect on the long haul rutes, but shouldn't it be possible to increase ticket prices a bit with those load factors?

Any idea how big the reduction is going to be? What is the timeline for replacing all the 744 in NA with 777?

Probably going to take a while before we see any new interviews for DEFO in the States

viking avenger · 16th August 2008, 14:32

Supply versus Demand versus Price!
Oasis had great load factors but when you sell the seats for less than it costs to operate you end up bankrupt!

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