Matthew covered this as well but with a focus more on future developments and American’s premium pivot, but here we will review the same disappointment but with a view on the competitive landscape.
For Alaska, with the complicated year it’s had, to produce almost the same bottom line profit on a quarter of the revenue should embarrass Isom and crew but it feels like they are without shame. Southwest with less than half the revenue almost tripled profits over American and absorbed all of the bad press without implementing its new revenue channels. There’s simply not a comparable management example for consistently performing with record revenue and ever-diminishing profit.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.
