Aaannddd it beginsss...
12-05-2016 | 06:16 PM
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There's nothing to predict. Spirit has an observable, competitive edge. If you had to bet, you would be foolish not to bet on spirit.
If you think I'm being dramatic, you simply don't fully understand whats going on. Companies rise and fall. Like I keep saying, how many US flag cruise lines can you name that operate today?
If you think I'm being dramatic, you simply don't fully understand whats going on. Companies rise and fall. Like I keep saying, how many US flag cruise lines can you name that operate today?
How many low cost US operated cruise lines are there?
12-05-2016 | 06:18 PM
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There's nothing to predict. Spirit has an observable, competitive edge. If you had to bet, you would be foolish not to bet on spirit.
If you think I'm being dramatic, you simply don't fully understand whats going on. Companies rise and fall. Like I keep saying, how many US flag cruise lines can you name that operate today?
If you think I'm being dramatic, you simply don't fully understand whats going on. Companies rise and fall. Like I keep saying, how many US flag cruise lines can you name that operate today?
12-05-2016 | 06:20 PM
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But that was because people thought they were gonna run the legacies out of business. That is not what I am saying. Norwegian will run the legacies out of business via the international market. LCCs will, by default, become the place to be because current cabotage laws protect Norwegian and the like from coming in and running them out of business too.
This company plans to expand on an impressive scale. And they wolnt be alone. This isn't really speculation, a previous iteration of this has already played out in the maritime industry.
There's a reason NAI wants to use flag on convienence to operate in the US, and it's not so they can put those ugly portraits on the tails.
This company plans to expand on an impressive scale. And they wolnt be alone. This isn't really speculation, a previous iteration of this has already played out in the maritime industry.
There's a reason NAI wants to use flag on convienence to operate in the US, and it's not so they can put those ugly portraits on the tails.
12-05-2016 | 06:24 PM
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"Global reach" as it applies in this industry is now just another word for codesharing, and if the legacies can't make money as an entity, it doesn't help them.
12-05-2016 | 06:27 PM
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But that was because people thought they were gonna run the legacies out of business. That is not what I am saying. Norwegian will run the legacies out of business via the international market. LCCs will, by default, become the place to be because current cabotage laws protect Norwegian and the like from coming in and running them out of business too.
This company plans to expand on an impressive scale. And they wolnt be alone. This isn't really speculation, a previous iteration of this has already played out in the maritime industry.
There's a reason NAI wants to use flag on convienence to operate in the US, and it's not so they can put those ugly portraits on the tails.
This company plans to expand on an impressive scale. And they wolnt be alone. This isn't really speculation, a previous iteration of this has already played out in the maritime industry.
There's a reason NAI wants to use flag on convienence to operate in the US, and it's not so they can put those ugly portraits on the tails.
12-05-2016 | 06:28 PM
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I think this whole NAI debacle is gonna land up in a ticketing price war tactic. It is pretty much gonna come down to who has the deepest pockets and can bleed cash the longest. This time around, however, I can see a massive joint coordinated effort by the legacies to price undercut and drive this NAI cancer out. The only problem is, who will be next?
12-05-2016 | 06:29 PM
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There's nothing to predict. Spirit has an observable, competitive edge. If you had to bet, you would be foolish not to bet on spirit.
If you think I'm being dramatic, you simply don't fully understand whats going on. Companies rise and fall. Like I keep saying, how many US flag cruise lines can you name that operate today?
If you think I'm being dramatic, you simply don't fully understand whats going on. Companies rise and fall. Like I keep saying, how many US flag cruise lines can you name that operate today?
The only bet I'll make on Spirit is one for a takeover. If this industry goes down the path you seem to salivating over, Spirit won't exist in a decade and you'd be foolish to think that will mean you'll be in a better place because of it.
12-05-2016 | 06:31 PM
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12-05-2016 | 06:33 PM
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I think this whole NAI debacle is gonna land up in a ticketing price war tactic. It is pretty much gonna come down to who has the deepest pockets and can bleed cash the longest. This time around, however, I can see a massive joint coordinated effort by the legacies to price undercut and drive this NAI cancer out. The only problem is, who will be next?
We can only hope.
