tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post116677107150746774..comments2024-03-29T14:07:15.567+00:00Comments on nourishing obscurity: [northwest airlines] have they improved … or notJames Highamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-1166894650096090512006-12-23T17:24:00.000+00:002006-12-23T17:24:00.000+00:00bizarrely over-competition and low barriers to ent...bizarrely over-competition and low barriers to entry mean that Airlines are difficult to make money out of. In fact, if you add up all the profits and losses of all the world's airlines since they started in the 1930's you would find a massive loss overall.CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-1166849894014420622006-12-23T04:58:00.000+00:002006-12-23T04:58:00.000+00:00When I first flew to the US in 1984, it was on Peo...When I first flew to the US in 1984, it was on People Express. I think it was about $200. I spent much of the summer flying around the US for about $30 a flight. Service was basic, but comfortable. Soon afterwards, the other airlines squeezed them on price and they went kaput. Having spent many years flying around the US, I never really understood how it was not a profitable business, since planes were almost always full.Colin Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991363859883869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-1166790499811938072006-12-22T12:28:00.000+00:002006-12-22T12:28:00.000+00:00The problem is worse now because the US government...The problem is worse now because the US government has effectivly nationalised the major carriers.<BR/><BR/>By subsidising them to the tune of $15 billion a year, they have developed into the fine tradition of all public service transport systems; despising the customers.<BR/><BR/>They don't need them anymore you see. In 2004 Continental, a rival, posted a bigger loss than its turnover. Yet still it staggers on with Federal support.<BR/><BR/>It is a sad endictment on America, alnd of the free market, to fund this charade.CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.com