[The cut is part of the airline's] efforts to continue conserving on fuel consumption and reduce our overall cost of operation, ... We're continuing to explore all available options. We remain committed to taking steps to address the financial situation. |
A lot of people have described the current economic conditions in the industry as the worst ever in history, and that's certainly proved to be the case in our situation. |
Almost all of them say the same thing, which is, 'we're really sorry that you're leaving and we enjoyed flying with you.' We feel the same way. |
Business travelers make the decisions based on schedule, leisure travelers do it based on price. We think we can be very competitive in both areas. |
It's part of our overall strategy to economize on fuel by operating fewer total departures with our 50-seat jets while trying to maximize the total number of departures with our larger planes. |
It's very emotional for a lot of our people and our customers. |
Most of our customers are last-minute travelers, and since we declared bankruptcy on Nov. 7, many people chose to avoid booking with us for January and beyond. |
No changes in routes, destinations or schedules are planned. |
The point simply is to accommodate people, to get them where they need to be before we cease the operation. |
The West Coast service did very well as far as attracting customers. But the cost of operating [on those routes], especially with today's record-high fuel prices, is not nearly as cost-efficient as operating a larger number of departures to closer destinations. |
Things traditionally in the airline industry slow down drastically in January, so the total number of people that are going to be affected by this is much less than it would have been during the holiday season. |
This is part of our overall strategy to continue to find ways to operate a far more fuel- and cost-efficient system. |
To continue to conserve on operating expenses, we are reducing the overall number of flights as well as service to these four markets. |
We continued to hope there would be an offer put forth that would warrant the continued operation of the airline, but none ever materialized. |
We have employees who are volunteering to come to work in the last few days, just to do the right thing. |