Terry Trippler
Terry Trippler
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This is what happens when a low-fare airline comes into the market.
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Does this guarantee Northwest Airlines will survive? No. But it puts it way over 90 percent.
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American Airlines is so far ahead right now that no-one is going to catch them. Southwest had 52 straight quarters of profit. It doesn't mean all airline stocks are bad. Some of these low cost airlines have a bright future.
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We're just scratching the surface. I think 2006 is going to bring a tremendous amount of changes.
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Where I think the controversy will be, is when the first airline announces you will be charged for checking bags.
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United just looked in the rearview mirror, and they do not want to go back from where they came.
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Using yield management, you don't have to raise fares to raise revenues, you just make people buy the more expensive fare class. Now we'd have a better chance of playing with the gold bars at Fort Knox than finding out if or how Delta is doing this. ... It's hard in this case to say whether Delta is doing this or raising fares outright.
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I think all of the airlines will feel this. It's a little more than a blip, but New Orleans and Gulfport alone is not going to put Delta into bankruptcy. I think $70 a barrel oil is the straw that would break the camel's back.
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I think all of the airlines will feel this (and) ... $70 a barrel oil is the straw that would break the camel's back.
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If you're paying that kind of money, you expect fine food and wine.
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This takes a relief off everybody. It's excellent news for Northwest Airlines, employees and the people of Michigan, Minnesota and Tennessee. It's not so good news for United, American and US Airways that when Northwest becomes lean and mean they will be a force to reckon with.
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Those $29 fares were too low. You don' t charge those kind of prices and continue to operate. The bus even costs more.
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We'd be foolish to say there hasn't been (an impact). This is a very tough situation to try to figure out. I know from experience some people are booking away.
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When Americans get their vacation, they're going. If they're going to see Grandma and they're planning to see Grandma, $100 is not going to keep them home.