SEA_Tigger
Mar 27, 03, 8:53 am
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As the major carriers continue to lose their best customers, low-fare carrier Southwest eventually could emerge as the nation's biggest airline, aerospace executives were told here yesterday.</font>
I found this line particularly telling:
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(Edmund Greenslet, president of ESG Aviation Services, which provides consulting services to airlines, manufacturers and leasing companies,) noted that when the U.S. airline industry was deregulated in 1978, full fares averaged 19 cents per revenue mile and discount fares averaged about 10 cents. By last year, the full fare average was up to 40 cents, he said, while the discount fare was only 11 cents.</font>
Full article available at:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/114398_aerospace27.shtml
As the major carriers continue to lose their best customers, low-fare carrier Southwest eventually could emerge as the nation's biggest airline, aerospace executives were told here yesterday.</font>
I found this line particularly telling:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
(Edmund Greenslet, president of ESG Aviation Services, which provides consulting services to airlines, manufacturers and leasing companies,) noted that when the U.S. airline industry was deregulated in 1978, full fares averaged 19 cents per revenue mile and discount fares averaged about 10 cents. By last year, the full fare average was up to 40 cents, he said, while the discount fare was only 11 cents.</font>
Full article available at:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/114398_aerospace27.shtml