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according to the tweets, the concept is that the airline books a plane and crew from a charter company, shifting the risk onto them. this implies the charter in

according to the tweets, the concept is that the airline books a plane and crew from a charter company, shifting the risk onto them. this implies the charter industry drastically scales up. the separation of concerns definitely makes this an appealing concept from an engineer's perspective, but it's probably not great for the airline. if you don't actually fly/own the planes yourself, you probably lose most of your ability to differentiate yourself from competitors. plus the charter companies are going to be a lot harder to push around than a bunch of uber drivers, so they probably end up capturing most of the profit themselves. edit: I also doubt that "most passengers" would be okay with the arrival time (or even date!) being TBD at the time of booking. for city-to-city travel, it might be fine, but if the flight is just the first leg of a journey that ends with a four hour drive, you probably want to know in advance that you're not arriving at 10pm local time.

cardiffspaceman 7y ago
>if you don't actually fly/own the planes yourself, you probably lose most of your ability to differentiate yourself from competitors There's been a whole ad campaign by someone who says we are being fooled by the big legacy airlines when they delegate their routes to SkyWest or HorizonAir. These operators don't seem to be too different to the charters that you're talking about.
- leetcrew 7y ago
  I'd actually never heard of either of those before reading your comment. looks like skywest flies routes for american airlines, delta, and united. frankly I don't fly those very much and I couldn't tell you what the difference between those brands is supposed to be in the first place. horizon seems to be an odd setup. they only fly for alaska airlines which is owned by the same company as horizon itself (?). I mainly fly southwest, which I find to be a markedly different experience than the other US domestic airlines.

cardiffspaceman 7y ago

>if you don't actually fly/own the planes yourself, you probably lose most of your ability to differentiate yourself from competitors There's been a whole ad campaign by someone who says we are being fooled by the big legacy airlines when they delegate their routes to SkyWest or HorizonAir. These operators don't seem to be too different to the charters that you're talking about.

leetcrew 7y ago
I'd actually never heard of either of those before reading your comment. looks like skywest flies routes for american airlines, delta, and united. frankly I don't fly those very much and I couldn't tell you what the difference between those brands is supposed to be in the first place. horizon seems to be an odd setup. they only fly for alaska airlines which is owned by the same company as horizon itself (?). I mainly fly southwest, which I find to be a markedly different experience than the other US domestic airlines.