Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis (Post 4024574)

Thats not even a new thing. Robert Crandall invented “yield management” in the 80s when the legacies faced the exact same set of circumstances from the likes of New York Air, People Express, Air Florida and the like.

AA was a huge innovator in data crunching, and had one of the very first computerized
reservation systems, and was able to very effectively parse that data to manage inventory of very low fares in response. Their methods drove the low cost carriers to the brink of extinction. Not quite all the way, as People Express was bought by Continental, and UALs EWR operation is the direct descendant.

The question as to why this lesson had to be re-learned by the majors is the big mystery.

Originally Posted by Profane Kahuna (Post 4023816)

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Spirit liquidation rumored this week



Hope everyone has a place to land and take off again.


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Originally Posted by Judge Smails (Post 4023845)

Look, as someone that left 12 years of NK seniority behind, I want to believe that it will turn around for them. It was a great place to work. I'll never have an aviation job that good again.

The truth of the matter is the airline hasn't turned a profit in 7
years. At some point something is gonna give, and that give is an unnecessary war in Iran that's driving Jet A prices to an unsustainable level for an airline going through bankruptcy for the second time in as many years. This airline has now been screwed by back to back administrations.

Originally Posted by hockeypilot44 (Post 4024658)

Fake news as usual. Not liquidating this week.

Originally Posted by Chimpy (Post 4024649)

Looks like they are meeting with Government next week looking for a lil help.


https://theaircurrent.com/airlines/s...lout-dot-fuel/

Originally Posted by Traffic Alert (Post 4024723)

and they won’t get a direct bailout, not should they.. A facilitated merger of a few of them maybe..

Originally Posted by westcoastj (Post 4024740)

F9,JBU,NK? 🤔 idk. They’re all heading to DC next week.

the low cost sector is fundamentally broken. Something pretty big is getting set up. So much news and rumblings coming out that more consolidation is coming down the pike.

Originally Posted by Chimpy (Post 4024649)

Looks like they are meeting with Government next week looking for a lil help.


https://theaircurrent.com/airlines/s...lout-dot-fuel/

Originally Posted by hockeypilot44 (Post 4024658)

Fake news as usual. Not liquidating this week.