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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 10:05 am
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Originally Posted by hyderago
Ah, but that's a big if. My instinct tells me that if tickets are not being sold, the government will be slow to react and so prices will not be lowered for a while.
Considering that AI probably has too many people employed in its revenue management department, this would surprise me. The middle management runs AI like any other airline.
Originally Posted by hyderago
I only have a hunch about this, no solid data. If you have anything information on how AI's passenger loads compare with those of its competitors, I'd be interested in seeing them.
I've got that data for USA based carriers (Bureau of Transportation Statistics posts it online), but sadly no data for India... I agree, it would be very interesting to see... I'm looking...

Originally Posted by hyderago
Well that explains why 9W is still in business today and IT is teetering on the edge.
Right, exactly. What kind of LCC can provide those kinds of things? Drives up costs like crazy. And this is one obvious example of what I'm talking about when I say VJM's ego is in the way
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