fcw wrote: ↑12 Sep 2023, 17:44
Homo Aeroportus wrote: ↑12 Sep 2023, 15:31
Well, at least an additional plane will limit the risk of this :
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SN245 that was due to fly SN245 to FNA today.
The opposite in fact!
An additional aircraft scheduled 6/7 will only increase the risk of a cancellation. If you want to increase resilience you need a spare aircraft not one which is maxed out.
Thank you fcw !
Indeed, adding one (1) aircraft and using it 6 days out of 7 doesn't help much.
It seems that a cancelled flight to IAD or JFK can be coped with within the *Alliance, but if the same happens on flights to BJL CKY, OUA, ABJ, LFW or ACC, there is little alternate offer unless you want to send your customers first to IST or ADD.
Now how about going for the next "Fox Three"?
The need for SN is to develop their market share in
western Africa. The recent geopolitical changes in this area that puts AF in trouble, creates opportunities. Direct flights, or max 1 en route stop, originating from BRU instead of CDG presents an attractive alternative to francophones (make sure CC are up to this).
Not sure if the yield on Dakar is good (flights in Y are often 400-500€ only), but other destinations currently served by SN seem much better.
I had great difficulties to ship some material to FNA this summer. Even LH Cargo responded "we cannot take any booking to FNA at this time". To give them on-site training I had prices in the range of 1600-2000 with SN and almost no alternative (AT, ...).
I don't see the immediate importance on adding a flight to NBO.
H.A.