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Mr. Langseth, you may want to review your numbers again. Why you state a smaller fleet was not the case in January is a mystery to me. January's available seat counts were down approximately 15% versus January 2012. I'd venture to say that's a smaller fleet. In the face of this, total passenger traffic decreased only 2%. While negative numbers are always disheartening, I'd say such a small passenger decrease should be viewed as a positive given such large cutbacks.

I'm also inquisitive as to why you state JetBlue is eating Southwest, Delta, and US Airways for lunch. US Airways' January '13 capacity was down approximately 14% from January '12, yet their total traffic decreased less than 2.5%. JetBlue has very limited market impact on US Airways' routes from T.F. Green, and the impact JetBlue does have comes from their price competition in Boston on US Airways' route from Boston to Charlotte, which results in similar ticket pricing on US Airways' Providence to Charlotte route, thereby aiding US Airways's passenger counts at Green. Delta's January's capacity was down approximately 39% year over year. Traffic was down 15.5%. Half of that was due to the elimination of 3x daily service to Washington's Reagan airport that was around in Jan 2012 but not in Jan 2013. JetBlue has very limited market impact on T.F. Green's service to Reagan. The majority of the other half of Delta's capacity cut came from seasonal cuts on their Atlanta service. The cuts were more pronounced this year than last, with two mainline flights switching over to regional jets. Indeed, a smaller fleet. Only one flight switched over last January. The vast majority of Delta's passengers heading from Green to Atlanta are connecting to other destinations. Delta has undoubtedly lost some passengers connecting to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale due to the increased competition and capacity offerings between Southwest and JetBlue, but with Southwest's nonstop options already available to those destinations before JetBlue even arrived, Delta's losses on those routes are minimal. Southwest's January capacity was down approximately 9%. Passenger traffic dropped about 13.4%. However, their capacity cuts came from neither Orlando or Fort Lauderdale. Their cuts came from the termination of Green's nonstop service to Las Vegas and the cutting of a frequency to Chicago from 3x daily to 2x daily. JetBlue does not influence either of those routes. Southwest actually increased capacity to Fort Lauderdale year over year. It is basic to understand that some of Southwest's Orlando and Fort Lauderdale passengers will be siphoned off by JetBlue, but it's hardly a large problem.

JetBlue is not eating Southwest, Delta, and US Airways for lunch. The airline is not canibalizing Southwest, as you termed it. If you look ahead, Southwest's April capacity to Orlando is the highest it's been since 2009. Also in April, Southwest will offer their first ever one-stop direct service from Green to San Jaun, Puerto Rico, routing through Orlando. This is a direct result of JetBlue's new competition. Southwest has brought back its seasonal service to Fort Myers and has started Green's first ever service to West Palm Beach. The capacity cuts the airport saw in January came from more seasonal equipment and frequency changes as airlines strive to achieve higher load factors in the face of increasing costs. They did not come from JetBlue devouring other airlines' traffic. These capacity cuts continue to happen at medium sized airports across the country. Keep in mind that January is the slowest travel month of the year and many of the cuts I mentioned above have already returned to previous equipment and service levels. Delta is back to all mainline flights to Atlanta. Southwest is back to three daily flights to Chicago. January's smaller fleet has returned to levels close to on-par with levels seen last year. It is very possible the airport will begin to see strings of positive monthly passenger flows within the near future.

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