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Economy
Air fares are ‘too cheap’ and will need to rise for the next five years for airlines to remain competitive: Ryanair Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary
2022-07-04
Isn’t that exactly how competition does not work?
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Posted by:Fred

#9  With Frank Borman's Eastern the only one of the three cited not taken down by a bomb/missile.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-07-04 17:02  

#8  for airlines to remain competitive

Eastern Airlines
Pan American Airlines
Trans World Airlines
etc
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-07-04 16:23  

#7  Maybe some of these replacement people know how to fly airplanes.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-07-04 15:14  

#6  Transportation Secretary Mayor Pete says, "We'll make the airlines hire more pilots".

How many pilots retired so they wouldn't be fired for refusing the vax?
Posted by: Bobby   2022-07-04 15:08  

#5  Biden's solution,farm out airlines to China. Manage airports and so on. I'd bet fuels will be available.
Posted by: Dale    2022-07-04 13:09  

#4  Well, it's not like airline workers ever took pay cuts while company executives got nice bonuses after government bailouts.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-07-04 09:56  

#3  compared to the cost of getting to and from the airport, air fares are cheap indeed
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-07-04 09:51  

#2  

While Airlines have "used" staffing & aircraft maintenance issues as the cause of canceled flights. This may raise the idea it could be more ROI/P&L/Fuel issues related for flight cancelations.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-07-04 08:59  

#1  Their appeal became more selective. Or in more common terms - neener neener.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-07-04 07:04  

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