A prolonged lack of catering would start to eat into premium. More important is the booking intentions of their best-paying passengers which is the premium cabins. |
BA is entering what we feel will be a tense six months for industrial relations as the pension fund deficit and the three-year wage deal come up for negotiation with the unions. |
BA is strategically focusing on profitable traffic, and that means it's turning away a lot of people who are prepared to pay a decent fare to transfer, |
But we are reaching the limits. These markets are at the very margin of aviation. (Most) airlines still fly in the eight to 12-hour sector. This is still where the biggest volume (in traffic) is. |
He's got the formula right. He's entering the market at the right time in terms of European liberalization and during a strong economy and he's entering with the right concept. |
I think one of the other medium-tier airlines, outside the big three, are going to be looking at their strategic operations quite carefully. |
It is clear that the revenue environment is stronger than anticipated and consensus upgrades are likely today. |
It is interesting that people are trying to change the conventional methods, |
It is something he will have to take constant soundings of and at the same time try and extract some productivity benefits from the Heathrow workforce. |
It's going to be an unsettling summer. |
My freshman year they came to our homecoming game and beat us [54-35]. And after that it turned into a red letter game for me. A lot of the young guys don't know the rivalry going into today, but they got to see it today. |
Other people in the airline are furious. That short strike has cost them a week's bonus. |
Second-home buyers should go into this with their eyes very wide open. |
So, arguably, if KLM and BA were to do something together, you could flow the transfer traffic over Amsterdam and just send the profitable traffic that wants to go to London to Heathrow. |
That is obviously the most thorny problem, |