Quote Originally Posted by catch22 View Post
Right. Just pointing out that it is an artificial number. March will be fine. We (UA) are holding on to the low 70% load factors right now systemwide which is amazing given the circumstances.

April bookings are down 70% systemwide domestic and greater than 100% international (Passengers are canceling itineraries). For comparison, United's future booking were down 40% following 9/11.

April will be the true bloodbath. 30% domestic load factors will be tough.

Edit: by fine i mean relative to april and may
In theory there’s still time to recover. If it turns out Wuhan Virus is seasonal like the flu or other colds we’ll see the spread really start to slow and panic subside.


I’m flying tomorrow, flights are getting so empty it’s pretty much safe to fly.