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Old Jul 8, 2008 | 4:09 pm
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Originally Posted by filmwill
All I took away from that article was "blah blah blah, [insert excuse here for no competent plan] blah blah blah"
Maybe if it was only TG, I would agree, as they have some interesting business decisions, but United Continental Qantas Delta and Singapore have all cancelled far more than the one flight that Thai have. In this economic climate I believe it's the businesses that can quickly see where there are bleeding and shedding, which will survive. Singapore is charging $12000 for the fare that TG priced out at $6650, if that alone doesn't say something, nothing will. TG have already stated that they looked at a 50% fare increase and factoring in the loads, were unable to forecast a profit on the run. I believe it was a wise move to leave it to SQ for the time being, regards bkkrop
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