What a novel idea. The pizzeria is selling their ovens to counter the high price of cheese.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080411/frontier_airlines_bankruptcy.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080411/frontier_airlines_bankruptcy.html
Frontier said it had agreed to sell four planes to counter rising fuel costs.
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Quote from nazzdack:
There are too many empty planes with too many empty seats weighing down the industry. It would be better to blow the planes up for insurance money and reduce the excess capacity.
how often do you fly? i've flown 30~40 times since sept 11, and i've never seen a plane that was near empty. every one was nearly full. i've flown several times this year and each one was packed to the gill. there might have been 3 empty seats on each.
you must be speculating based on your experience before sept 11. i can't imagine anyone who travels regularly would say planes are mostly empty in today's world.
the problem isn't empty planes, it's too many carriers for too few passengers.
not necessarily. it's possible to have nearly full planes but still too many carriers. that's what we're seeing now. planes are usually filled up but companies still lose money because they're in price wars with too many competitors. once capacity decreases, they can raise their prices and reach profitable equilibrium.
The seats are full, but full of passengers who aren't even covering the costs.
I took 23 flights in the month of January including many cross-country flights. My total cost including taxes = $570. No friggin way the airline makes any money off of that.
Way too much capacity chasing limited yield. The industry needs to aggressively cut capacity, and let fares rise.
I took 23 flights in the month of January including many cross-country flights. My total cost including taxes = $570. No friggin way the airline makes any money off of that.
Way too much capacity chasing limited yield. The industry needs to aggressively cut capacity, and let fares rise.