Amtrak Sues Union Station Over Delta Airlines Ads
Jun 1, 2017, 5:14 pm
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Or is Union Station going to try to set up that Am-Track and DL are not competitors? And if it does go to court it will all hinge on if you consider Am-Track and Delta a Rail and Airline first, or if you consider them both transportation companies first.
I get Am-Track's analogy about McDonalds vs. Burger King, but I suspect if they want to fight it, Union Station will say i'ts McDonald's vs Cheesecake Factory...they both serve food, but they aren't necessarily competing for the same customer.
I get Am-Track's analogy about McDonalds vs. Burger King, but I suspect if they want to fight it, Union Station will say i'ts McDonald's vs Cheesecake Factory...they both serve food, but they aren't necessarily competing for the same customer.
Jun 1, 2017, 11:39 pm
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Jun 2, 2017, 12:09 am
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Jun 2, 2017, 10:07 am
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One would have to assume Delta is 'competition'. Let's be honest here and say Amtrak has no actual competition because no one really wants to travel via Amtrak.
Jun 2, 2017, 11:18 am
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Tons of airlines advertise in Boston/South Station. When Jet Blue started BOS-LGA service (Certainly competing with Amtrak) they had all of south station filled with ads.
Jun 2, 2017, 11:24 am
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Tons of airlines advertise in Boston/South Station. When Jet Blue started BOS-LGA service (Certainly competing with Amtrak) they had all of south station filled with ads.
Jun 5, 2017, 7:25 pm
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Amtrak does not have a similar contract with Boston South Station as they are a minority tenant there.
No. The extent of United and Amtrak's codeshare partnership only includes New Haven, Stamford, Philadelphia, and Wilmington, Delaware.
Ads for the codeshare service in Union would serve no purpose.
Ads for the codeshare service in Union would serve no purpose.
Jun 28, 2017, 12:02 pm
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Amtrak does have passenger train competition in certain markets, such as between Washington and Baltimore, New York and Trenton, and New York and New Haven, Los Angles and Oceanside, Oceanside and San Diego, and others.
Jun 28, 2017, 1:42 pm
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As of yesterday this became a rather ironic lawsuit. It reminds me of the story in the SCA of a king who declared a war, but the war challenge went astray until he became king of the kingdom he had attempted to declare war on. He accepted the declaration (and lost).
Jul 11, 2017, 9:59 am
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I get it that it's in the terms etc but Amtrak has airline ads on the Acela trains themselves (Albeit usually non-competitors for international flights like Air Canada)
I'm a big plane guy but everyone that can afford it and needs the flexibility will take the Acela over flying if your needs are downtown-downtown WAS-NYP-BOS.
I'm a big plane guy but everyone that can afford it and needs the flexibility will take the Acela over flying if your needs are downtown-downtown WAS-NYP-BOS.