Imagineer45
Active Member
Airlines are circling the bowl
They have to have 77% of the seats filled to break even domestically
How’s that work if they can only sell or are limited to 50% capacity
They’ve lost $113 bil estimated already...
So the they would have to slash the flight schedule to save costs AND charge double...basically.
That is not exactly how airline pricing works. Airlines can profit off flights that are 50% full and lose money are flights that are 95% full. It all depends on whether its a business or leisure market and if there is competition. For example, intercontinental flights to Europe/Asia can often profit on lower load factors because the business class passengers are paying a ton for their lie-flat seats, while leisure markets like Orlando with a ton of low-cost competition often need very high load factors to break even.