[conservative in nyc]

JetBlue didn't make money last quarter. Southwest is making money because they hedged fuel costs. Those hedges are becoming more costly.

Neither Southwest nor JetBlue are full network carriers. They cherrypick flying the most profitable routes, and generally avoid flying to small cities or more congested airports. You can't fly Southwest from New York City (Islip is too far out for most of us) or Fargo. And you can't fly JetBlue from JFK to the more congested San Francisco or LAX.

Northwest's move will backfire unless other airlines match. Their coach product is already one of the worst of the 6 major network carriers. This makes it even worse.

[FlipWilson]

Quote: "Neither Southwest nor JetBlue are full network carriers. They cherrypick flying the most profitable routes, and generally avoid flying to small cities or more congested airports. You can't fly Southwest from New York City (Islip is too far out for most of us) or Fargo. And you can't fly JetBlue from JFK to the more congested San Francisco or LAX."

No, but you can fly JetBlue from JFK to Oakland or San Jose, not really a big diff there. Starting in June you can fly JetBlue from Newark to the same places. Yes, JetBlue cherry picks, but it does it in a very clever way.

[Flavius Josephus]

If routes to small cities don't pay, they shouldn't fly there. That's what busses are for.