Originally Posted by
MickG0105
Mmm, I don't know about that. I'm seeing similar numbers to what Poppa is quoting.
Noting all the issues that routinely plague small data sets, yesterday and so far today Rex are looking at load factors in the 40s for Sydney-Melbourne and Sydney-Brisbane; ~41.5 percent for SYD-MEL, and ~44.2 percent for SYD-BNE.
Seven months ago, when Rex were firing off the "We're in the money" announcements to the market, the load factors for those city pairs for Tuesdays and Wednesdays were in the high 80s; ~86.5 percent for SYD-MEL, and ~88.2 percent for SYD-BNE.
Something may have changed, and changed in a very significant way. Or maybe it hasn't, and yesterday and today are aberrations. Let's see what a week or so of data turns up.
Seven months ago was December- peak travel season. Loads seem to be following seasonal trends- they were very good during the school holidays (they'd want to be obviously). There is probably enough revenue from peak times to keep things going over the less popular times, but in the end, they WILL need to have the frequency, reputation and marketing to carry decent loads all year.