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Old December 15th, 2007, 19:50   #108
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Default Re: Stating the obviously unbovious

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Originally Posted by RightSeatGirl View Post
For an airline to hike fares enough to really make a dent in their current problems and survive the loss in business, they would have to be willing to go into the red for years trying new marketing strategies to get fliers back that went with the discount airline. And there is not a stock holder alive that would let them do that.
How is that any different at all from what the legacies are doing rght now? They are pretty much operating in the red becasue they've cut everything in an attempt to compete with the LCCs. Guess what, it's not working that way either.
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