Full-service global carriers are moving away from the often-destructive strategy of competing on price, instead using product offerings to wage battles for long-term customers, the heads of two major US airlines contend. "One of the things that's changed dramatically for us over the years, and I don't think that the general investor has picked up on it as much, is that we compete increasingly on product quality and on service as compared to solely pricing,
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When I read the numerous threads here about cramming more seats in, reducing pitch and shoulder room, soft product cutbacks and poor service, it makes me laugh to read headlines like this.