why, why, why!?!?

[iranair777]

If that's what you mean, if we notice you buy a lot of planes from us, you will get a discount. And let's just say you're definitely one of the airlines I'd think would apply to that category

can i join cause i've ordered about 70 planes from you? and thanks for the '330's

[MrOrange]

As I said, when you order a lot, you'll get the discount. And is 70 a lot? Some would say yes, others wouldn't.  :wink:

[JDubman]

Advice: Learn to settle for 85%+ LF's, it'll make some of the small changes less frequent and less annoying... the sub 85%'s though tend to need updating.  I've got quite a few sitting in the mid-upper 90%'s that i'm quite content to leave there, as adjusting it will just cause a vicious cycle and will not yield a sufficient change in DOP.

That's a good strategy, but it doesnt really work when you have large aircraft with lots of frequencies.

Like airline X will have their fare at say, $100.  Then if I go to like $101, i'll have an LF of 50%, but when i go to like $100 or $99, it'll jump to 100%.  So in this case (which is a wide spread issue), its not really possible to get 85%.

[MrOrange]

True, but what Elbonia probably also means (? ) is that when a route does drop to 85% (when it has been at 100%), you should think about leaving it at 85% because those routes are far less susceptible to changes in the loadfactor.

[Air Elbonia]

Basically what i meant was, if it's a relatively small drop... say up to 15%, just let it be rather then trigger the kind of price-war that gets you into the situation you mentioned (where 101 = 50%, and 99 = 100%.)  Not that it's not succeptable to a change, but it's just reasonably prudent the gain from that extra 15% likely isn't a huge amount a day, whereas the price war would be a huge hurt each day

[dktc]

I understand JDubman. 7~8 out of 10 times, the situation is as he said. Only the remain 2~3 times, the initial drop would be less than 15%. Saying that, price wars are inevitable.

[Steeler83]

Basically what i meant was, if it's a relatively small drop... say up to 15%, just let it be rather then trigger the kind of price-war that gets you into the situation you mentioned (where 101 = 50%, and 99 = 100%.)  Not that it's not succeptable to a change, but it's just reasonably prudent the gain from that extra 15% likely isn't a huge amount a day, whereas the price war would be a huge hurt each day

How about going from $100 and a 0% LF, to 98 and 100% again.  Case en point, what has been going on with me and my CLT base on several routes, more notable the hub-hub PIT-CLT route.  Eventually, I am going to remove the 734 and replace it with several 753 flights...  With the fare set at $50, unless forced to offer something else...

Regarding DOP, mine is over 9M, and I would like to bring that to more than 10M.  I will do more international expansion out of CLT and PIT given that int'l routes out of there highly profitable...