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Rural America May Lose Air Service
From New York Times:
Rural America, already struggling to recover from the recession and the flight of its young people, is about to take another blow: the loss of its airline service. That was underscored last week when Delta Air Lines announced that it “can no longer afford” to continue service at 24 small airports. The carrier says it is losing a total of $14 million a year on flights from places like Thief River Falls, a city of 8,600 in northwest Minnesota that fills only 12 percent of the seats, or Pierre, the capital of South Dakota, where Delta’s two daily flights are on average less than half full. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/bu...vice.html?_r=2 |
Yawn. Been happening since de-regulation.
Want air service? Pay the price. For everyone else, there's Greyhound. Nu |
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Originally Posted by HSLD
(Post 1025411)
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Originally Posted by ASpilot2be
(Post 1025412)
That might only get you local air service. :)
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Originally Posted by vagabond
(Post 1025398)
From New York Times:
Rural America, already struggling to recover from the recession and the flight of its young people, is about to take another blow: the loss of its airline service. That was underscored last week when Delta Air Lines announced that it “can no longer afford” to continue service at 24 small airports. The carrier says it is losing a total of $14 million a year on flights from places like Thief River Falls, a city of 8,600 in northwest Minnesota that fills only 12 percent of the seats, or Pierre, the capital of South Dakota, where Delta’s two daily flights are on average less than half full. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/bu...vice.html?_r=2 |
At 12% it shouldn't be done. That's what 135 operators are for.
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 1025437)
Originally Posted by Rama
(Post 1025447)
At 12% it shouldn't be done. That's what 135 operators are for.
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