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Barely any, and def not worth that price. Alaska is paying to eliminate west coast competition. -- (edited)

Posted by ty97 Apr 3 '16, 16:33

JFK: Virgin has 14 flights out of JFK tomorrow: 6 SFO, 6 LAX, 1 LAS, 1 FLL (I didn't know they had that route). Alaska itself recently started daily JFK-SEA

EWR (where slot controls are being lifted apparently): Virgin has 6 flights (3 SFO, 3 LAX). Alaska has twice daily EWR-SEA

LGA: Virgin got a few slots and gate space as part of the AA/US merger. They use this to run LGA-DAL 4 times a day. (Due to the perimeter rule, Alaska won't be able to use these LGA slots to any of their hubs, all of which are on the west coast)

Virgin also got a few slots at DCA as part of the AA/US merger, but DCA has a perimeter too.

Even with slot restrictions at JFK and LGA, I expect it would be cheaper to just buy slots if Alaska really wanted them, but a west coast airline doesn't have much use for more than a few NYC slots.

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That's a significant number of valuable cross country flights. If Alaska wants to be more than regional this is the only way to do it. -- nm - iSpam Apr 3, 16:35 3
- I don't think they've shown any interest is being anything more than regional other than the few flights they have to the east from the west. - ty97 Apr 3, 16:43 2
  - But still, even if that's what they are after, 2.5B is yikes-worthy. - ty97 Apr 3, 16:44 1
    - Oh I know it is but it might be the last boat out. -- nm - iSpam Apr 3, 17:31

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Barely any, and def not worth that price. Alaska is paying to eliminate west coast competition. -- (edited)

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