The airlines are finally learning that they don't have to give away the store to make money, and I don't anticipate we'll see the free-fall giveaways of the past few years. |
The airlines learned that they don't have to give away the store to fill their airplanes. Americans won't stay home. They'll pay a reasonable price and the airlines can make money. |
The emergency exit rows can probably earn them more than $15. So I expect to see that amount increased. |
The fares were just too low. |
The frequent-flier programs' glory days are over. It is time to 'spend down' on all the airlines. Wise consumers are already doing that. |
The game isn't over yet, ... but clearly I would say the score is Northwest 1, [labor] nothing. |
The immediate impact is that there is none. |
The pilots came out on top of this skirmish, but I've been around for a long time and I know who is going to win the war -- Delta. |
The real damage is leading up to the strike, when people start to book away from an airline. Now the cash, the cash flow has started to be shut off for that airline. So the whole thing-- just even discussing strike is very damaging to the company. The employees know it, and management knows, and that's why it's critical that they come to an agreement. |
There are no ground rules. |
There's a mystique about Southwest that's well-earned. Southwest has earned its reputation. What's happened in Buffalo is the same thing that's happened in other cities, like Baltimore. |
They cannot continue to bleed red ink. Delta is going to get hurt a lot by this. Not just the oil prices, but the loss of flights they will experience over the next several days. It could be the one-two punch that makes the brain trust at Delta say it's time to go into Chapter 11 reorganization. |
They had to do it because of fuel. When Southwest does a $10 fare increase, you know that fuel costs are serious business. |
They're absolutely getting stricter, |
They're going to offer a voucher first because they don't want to give you a check. |