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Originally posted by: BoilermanI used to live in Cincinnati and believe that I have a handle on the reason for the high cost. I wasn't surprised.
Delta dominates this market with their hub flying near 90% of all flights. If competitor decides to add a direct flight from Cincinnati, Delta will add more service on the same route and match the price. They eventually make the flight unprofitable for the competition, and drive them away. Actually this practice is illegal, but hard to prove guilt in court.
Take a look at this link showing carriers and routes via Cincinnati. As you will see, Delta dominates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati/Northern_Kentucky_International_Airport#Airlines_and_destinations
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Originally posted by: jatki99
I was kinda surprised Dulles was on there, not sure why, just was.
https://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/top-5-cities-highest-airfares-6.aspx
Delta led the way in most baggage fees collected too.
When it comes to airline fees, Delta, United collect the most.
"n the first quarter of 2014, Delta collected $191 million in baggage revenues and $220 million in reservation cancellation or change fees. Delta was followed by United, which collected $147 million in bag fees and $194 million in change fees...
".. All told, the top 16 U.S. airlines collected $790 million in bag fees and $726 million in cancellation or change fees during the first quarter. Compared with the same period a year ago, that's a 1.4 percent drop in overall bag fees (from $801 million in the first quarter of 2013) and an almost 6 percent increase (from $685 million) in reservation cancellation and change fees.
Overall, the fees helped boost the profits of the 27 U.S. regularly scheduled service airlines to a combined $1.7 billion pre-tax operating profit for the first quarter of 2014.
That's up 188 percent compared with a profit of $589 million during the same time last year, according to the calculations of the BTS, a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
