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The airline business is not a very profitable one because the capital cost needed is huge.
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The airline business is moving at 100 mph right now. It just makes sense to get the things we might need in place right now so we can react if and when the time comes.
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The airline business in terms of volume is tiny. It's more important in terms of presence, visibility and a little bit of prestige.
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The airline battle to reduce costs, increase yields and improve efficiencies is effective well beyond expectations. Giovanni Bisignani
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The airlift situation is not seamless and although in the last year we have seen, for example, Continental Airlines starting non-stop service from Newark to Beijing and Air Canada doing service from Beijing to Toronto, the difficulty of the visa over the US presents a problem for the Chinese. David Shields
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Target a flight that is likely to be full or overbooked. Airlines overbook because people do not turn up. Sometimes their projections are wrong and they will upgrade one or two people, (this is called cabin roll).
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It's continued fallout from Boeing's earnings release and comments coming out of the conference calls for both Boeing and Honeywell. People are beginning to realize that these companies are expensive relative to earnings. You also have a lack of improvement in some of the airline names that have reported recently weighing on these companies, too.
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There undoubtedly are airlines out there that would prefer not to take the huge step to the A380 but want something better than what they already have,
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The sentiment is changing. Airlines are bottoming, the 10-year note yield has bottomed, making it more attractive to be in stocks, and people are feeling more comfortable, Peter Greene
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The thing is a gigantic, humongous problem that the airlines don't want the general public to know about.
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Not only do we have the potential for all these different airline strikes, but we also have the potential for extreme weather like we had last year.
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Not only did the airline have to be profitable, it had to be top class.
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After the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, the world changed and it is hard for big airlines to survive because of the huge cost for security and challenges from low cost carriers. We have to keep healthy management, and code-sharing is one option.
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It's all based on the discount airlines theory.
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It's a little early to see the impact now. Companies are now just beginning to form committees. But there is a tension in a lot of companies. Until the headline reads 'Human-to-human transmission,' there's no reason to trigger those changes in travel policy. But if that happens, we could end up with a lot fewer airlines globally. I think as we see images of airport quarantine rooms, people will get message that flying isn't a good idea.
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It's not just a matter of the cost of the airplane vs. the cost of an airline ticket, ... You have to factor in the amount of time an executive wastes waiting for connecting flights or being forced to stay overnight on the road instead of flying direct.
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It's not in the best interest of Northwest Airlines to operate in this type of environment long-term.
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It's not just simply looking at roads in isolation from airlines and rail. There has to be a comprehensive transportation approach and that's the opposite of what we've seen from the Liberals. John Wallace
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For Delta senior executives to point out that the top paid hourly employees at an airline are mostly pilots is like pointing out that the top earners in a law firm are mostly lawyers.
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In fact, we've never turned an airline away, and we would love to see them come in. In the bottom line, it's going to be a business decision on the parts of those airlines. They want to put their planes where they think they can make the most money on them. I don't expect the Northwest bankruptcy declaration to have a material impact on their decision.
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It's smart for an airline in light of the rally that we've had in the past couple months.
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It's not anything that anybody needs, frankly. The airlines don't need it. Consumers don't need it. Robert Manne
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Everybody is going to be weak, ... Revenues look like their taking a nosedive, and that's because of the economy. Airlines are a lagging economic indicator and they're finally being hit.
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I've had pilots who've e-mailed me saying they're so fed up they're willing to fall on their swords. Now think about that for a second -- is that a silly thing to say, to take it to the point that they're willing to shut down the airline out of principle?
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Oil remains the single-biggest challenge for airline profitability. Strong demand gives little hope of significantly reduced prices this year. What is disappointing is the response of the oil industry. Instead of expanding refinery capacity, the oil companies plan to return a quarter of a trillion dollars to investors over the next two years. Airlines alone have contributed $14 billion to this windfall profit. It is time that governments stepped in to encourage investment in new refinery capacity along with research into alternative fuel sources. Giovanni Bisignani
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None of the airlines involved required a contract or any written guarantee of payment before sending their planes and volunteer crews. One official said if Gore promised to pay, that was good enough for them.
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Not at all. It's a very competitive industry and Gary just wanted to fire up the troops. He wanted to bring out that Southwest Airlines warrior spirit, and that's what the memo was all about.
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Not having an administrator sends the wrong message to the airline industry. Maria Cantwell
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Not even Jack Welch, the greatest CEO of all time, could earn a normal profit in the airline industry, given today's condition.
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There's a lot of buzz in the industry about consolidation. There's a lot of value to be created by putting two airlines together.
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There's ... a liability issue. If an American Airlines plane hits clear air turbulence and someone is injured, they can fall back on the fact that they have it stated in their policy that they must be seated with their seat belt fastened at all times.
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This is what happens when a low-fare airline comes into the market.
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This may result in a fuel shortage at the Johannesburg International Airport, and the need for fuel rationing. All airlines were requested to immediately begin voluntary fuel rationing, where possible, of at least 15% less than normal operations.