Airfare Wars Taking Off

[USA320Pilot]

Airfare wars taking off, Battle heats up as US Airways tries to cool competition, US Airways’ January bookings are ahead of last year's pace

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USA320Pilot

 

[jwp767]

Airfare wars taking off, Battle heats up as US Airways tries to cool competition, US Airways’ January bookings are ahead of last year's pace

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USA320Pilot

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The bookings may be up from last year, but as you point out, it is happening while airfares and YIELDS are going down down down....more so than last year.

Is this good news if the strategy is to "lose a dollar on each passenger but make up for it in volume"?

 

[justanadd]

US Airways’ January bookings are ahead of last year's pace

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Are you spinning this as a positive article? As I read it, that was really the only positive statement.

 

[phl2]

anyone ever hear this word? ..PROFIT?
a monkey could sell airline tickets at a loss
"Go Fares" hahaha
You sell a seat at a loss..claim victory becuase the seat is filled and you dance all the way to liquidation
only in America!

 

[EyeInTheSky]

Northwest Responds to Media Inquiries Concerning Reported Delta Fare Initiative


EAGAN, Minn., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In response to numerous
requests from the news media for comments on the reported Delta Air Lines fare
initiative, Northwest released the following statement today:

"Although any analysis of the effects of the reported Delta fare
initiative depends upon the details of Delta's proposal, if it occurs,
Northwest believes that 'fare simplifications' of the sort being described are
revenue negative. Northwest expects that such an initiative, if it becomes
general, would immediately adversely and significantly affect industry
revenues."
Northwest Airlines (Nasdaq: NWAC) is the world's fourth largest airline
with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo, and Amsterdam, and
approximately 1,500 daily departures. Northwest and its travel partners serve
more than 900 cities in more than 160 countries on six continents.



SOURCE Northwest Airlines
Web Site: http://www.nwa.com

 

[Winglet]

It's pretty clear that you can add Delta to the list of preditors that smell the hemmorage at U. I used to think Lakefield didn't have any business strategy. Now I see his plan is to outlast SW, JB, and DAL in the price war game. :blink:

 

[whlinder]

AirTrain?

Bookings... Do bookings refer to people who bought a ticket from Jan 1 until now, or does it refer to the number of tickets sold for travel in January?

 

[LaBradford22]

Airfare wars taking off, Battle heats up as US Airways tries to cool competition, US Airways’ January bookings are ahead of last year's pace

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USA320Pilot

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Oh joy! By knocking fares down to $19, US Airways was able to increase bookings by 0.5%!!! Look out, folks! We're on the road to recovery now!

 

[LGA Fleet Service]

Airfare wars taking off, Battle heats up as US Airways tries to cool competition, US Airways’ January bookings are ahead of last year's pace

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I take it you havent seen this yet.


Delta plan shakes up industry

How about this quote:

Delta's move could pummel US Airways (UAIRQ:OTC BB - commentary - research), which is struggling to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. "One possible outcome of Delta's more aggressive fare structure could be the demise of US Airways, which overlaps with approximately 60% of Delta's domestic revenue," wrote Merrill Lynch's Linenberg. "If that were to occur, it would be a positive for the industry."

 

[whlinder]

Hmmm... I smell an airfare war PIT-PHL, PIT-BWI, PIT-MCO, PIT-TPA, PIT-FLL, etc.