Article at LA Times
 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...nes%2Dbusiness

Title: Continental Shows Airlines How to Be a Phoenix -- Not a Dodo

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It's an interesing article. I never knew Continential was orginally based in Los Angeles, even I have been living here for the last ten years.

One note, people who dislike Gordon might want to skip this one.

LA times account is now registered as:
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I will now send all of you the spam I receive from them http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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All the column tells us is that high costs = bad for business and creative thinking = good. Plus a couple little extra nuggets like the LA thing.

Question: What rules is Levine talking about?

Another question: About the flight attendant who offered free drinks to meal-less business travelers? How did he/she know they were business travelers?

I tend to agree that airlines are going to need to think creatively if they want to survive, however. Which I think is the point of this pleasant, if lightweight, opinion piece.

[This message has been edited by Tyler Durden (edited 12-09-2002).]

johnsmith, thank you for being the martyr. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Hmm... CO's carry-on tiff-- the good ol' days pre-911.

The article praises CO's current ops, but they never mention failed efforts like CO Lite.

It is an interesting read, though. Thanks.

Thank you VERY much johnsmith!



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