Comment by doctorpangloss
Comment by doctorpangloss a year ago
People say this, and yet we see vacancy everywhere all the time.
Comment by doctorpangloss a year ago
People say this, and yet we see vacancy everywhere all the time.
Yep, post-covid it seems like airlines are favoring fewer flights that are more packed. I don't fly a lot (couple times a year), but when I do, it's very rare to see a flight that is not at least 95% full.
Yeah, for the routes I've flown over the last 5-10 years, significant numbers of empty seats are very much the exception rather than the rule, and it got worse post-covid.
Curious what routes you fly, I have been on full flights consistently in the past few years, mostly Boston to Denver
Overbooking is still an industry standard approach to profit maximization. The opportunity cost of being overbooked (rebooking/refunding) is way lower than having a few seats empty because of the average cancellations.
tl;dr - airlines are happy to sell you a seat that's taken, betting some % of other people cancel.
The last ~10 times I've flown have been completely maxed flights. I can't remember the last time I saw an open seat anywhere.