JetBlue to cut (profits) back in Long Beach?

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4-07-2009 @ 3:07PM

Fiona said...

The LGB airport is about to get it in the shorts. Jetblue does not need to leave LGB to hurt the airport. In fact leaving would open the door for another carrier to backfill the market which Jetblue had stimulated. Instead Jetblue could decrease the available seats by flying the smaller E190 in lieu of the A320. That would keep the slot in LGB but decrease seats available by 33% and raise fares. Also Jetblue could decrease frequency from the current 7 days a week to only 4-5 days a week and still keep the slot. Finally they can decrease the number of destinations and limit the destinations to short haul markets. All this would drasticly decrease the fees (landing fees and passanger service fees) that the the airport (and in turn the city of Long Beach) would recieve. And finally it would hurt businesses in Long Beach because fewer business travelers would want to fly into LGB and do business in Long Beach especially if the number of destinations are decreased.

This is LGB airports and the city of Long Beach fight to lose. Not Jetblue. The ball in in the city councils court. Fights on!

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