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US Probing Possible Airline Collusion That Kept Fares High
A letter received Tuesday by major U.S. carriers demands copies of all communications the airlines had with each other, Wall Street analysts and major shareholders about their plans for passenger-carrying capacity, or "the undesirability of your company or any other airline increasing capacity." (www.nytimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
And this comes as a revelation to anyone?
AA, UAL and Delta favor limited access to foreign and US airports in that each has partners ( code-share alliances ) with foreign airlines.
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And they were attacking the Gulf States airlines? The big 3 seems to be like :"I love competition, as long as I don't have to follow the same rules "
Well this is what happens when you let a group regulate itself. After government deregulation of the airlines the service that they had to use to make themselves stand out when the way of the dodo. They stopped "serving" passengers and started to treat them like money making cattle trying to cram as many as they could onto a single aircraft so they could carry more with fewer aircraft, and now with all the tussles you see on aircraft is a direct result of the corporate greed that is running most airlines. If cable companies are now considered a vital infrastructure, so too should aviation, for with out it the global economy would grind to an instant halt, and no, ships would not be able to take up that slack.
I really don't see where the deal is. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that empty seats don't produce revenue. One of the first things Dick Anderson said after coming on board was that capacity would be reduced to the market in order to gain efficiency. He realized that would not be popular but said he wasn't hired to run a popularity contest. The others probably just followed suit.
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Feds Suspect Airlines Are Ripping Us Off
Because extra fees and delayed flights weren't enough reason to sour on airlines, the Justice Department has added one more: Federal investigators suspect that the airlines are colluding to rip off passengers.
http://www.newser.com/story/209181/feds-suspect-airlines-are-ripping-us-off.html
Feds Suspect Airlines Are Ripping Us Off
Because extra fees and delayed flights weren't enough reason to sour on airlines, the Justice Department has added one more: Federal investigators suspect that the airlines are colluding to rip off passengers.
http://www.newser.com/story/209181/feds-suspect-airlines-are-ripping-us-off.html
mr young..are you forgetting that the federal government must approve (and has) the mergers between varying carriers? the federal government also regulates the taxes added to tickets,and also must approve any routes used,curently flown, or any exchange of landing rights at a certain airport by carriers involved..if you look at the price of a ticket,on the average there is a federal tax,a local tax,and airport tax, and a fuel surcharge which greatly increases the price of the basic ticket..the airlines have to add these fees because of local and state requirements and to cover landing fees and gates and counter space at airports..the airlines "lease" from cities..they do not own..until such time as airlines can buy all new aircraft and retire the old ones that require more maintenance,there will be fewer seats..there are cities and small towns that airlines are cutting back service to,mainly because the demand is not there for service..and thia applies to the airlines "small carrier" partners such as envoy and united express..of course the name of the game in any business is making money,and many people expect cream for the price of low fat milk from the airlines!