Can anyone explain to me airline industry, just curious

[Wduaqnug]

for example:


Roundtrip from Israel to JFk costs on El al Israel airline none stop about $800
Roundtrip from Israel to JFK on El al to Milan than connection on Alitalia Airline to Jfk $500

$300 difference, I understand that connection is discomfort to passenger but isnt its more expensive for airline to have connection especially in thise case connection flight with codeshare partner different plane. I am confused why there is such difference plus insurance costs etc...

 

[glenn1]

<< I am confused why there is such difference plus insurance costs etc... >>



I think you're not the only one. The airline executives seem confused by it all too. Perhaps that's why Southwest Airlines is the only consistently profitable publicly owned airline company in the U.S., and IIRC the world.

 

[pulse8]

Much like the oil industry, no one knows for sure. 🙂

 

[HappyPuppy]

They have a hard time filling up their planes from Israel to Milan, so they give a price break to people wanting to fly from Israel to JFK if they don't mind a stopover in Milan.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Delta has done OK too.

 

[LH]

Southwest has a totally different approach. They do short haul flights in smaller planes, only, they dont have any long haul flights. They also pay all their employees a lot less than every other airline in the US.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

thats nothing...my friend was flying from baltimore-pittsburgh...but he was able to get a cheaper ticket by getting a flight from baltimore-chicago with a connection in pittsburgh...so he got that one and just left at pittsburgh

 

[StageLeft]

Mrs. Skoorb is flying here one way this summer. She bought a return ticket because in fact it was CHEAPER to fly return; she just won't use the other one. now that is supremely rectal.

 

[PsychoAndy]

also, southwest=no hubs. all point to point flights.

airline pricing is in the same department as enron accounting.

unless you worked there, nobody else knows WTF goes on.

 

[RossMAN]

<< Mrs. Skoorb is flying here one way this summer. She bought a return ticket because in fact it was CHEAPER to fly return; she just won't use the other one. now that is supremely rectal. >>



The same thing happened to my wife, it cost less to fly roundtrip from Sydney, Australia to LA to Portland, Oregon than it did one way. WTF?

Hilarious sig BTW.