Keeping Airline Capacity In Check With Desert Parking Lots
An article in this morning’s print edition of the Journal Star about airlines tacking on more fees to the traveler reminded me of an interesting email I received last week. Excuse the grammatical errors.
Please take note that the current air market is extreme tight and airlines still do not operate more aircrafts at this critical moment because they have cut down almost 50% of their schedule flights since past months and parked all their aircrafts at desert when the market was dead.
Since limited space capacity supply, airlines are now taking this best advantage to increase the rates continuously so even they could accept the booking, goods is needed sitting at airport for 3-5 days before departure because airlines are clearing the backlots/over-flow cargo which has been stuck at airport everyday.
Kindly find attached pictures that you will be aware why the air market is extreme tight now.
According to an AP article, “the number of planes in storage has jumped 29 percent in the past year to 2,302, according to aerospace data firm Ascend Worldwide. That includes 930 parked by U.S. operators alone. Eventually, some will be sold, some scrapped, some will sit at desert facilities in southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico.”
Interesting, eh?