4....Four U.S Airlines Gone In 30 Days....

[rsmith6621]

....Big Sky Airlines of Montana.....

......Skyways of Milwaukee...

............Champion of Minneapolis...

........................Aloha of Honolulu....



...........All of theses since March 8th 2008.....All citing the cost of FUEL....Great economy huh!!!

[SteinbachMB]

1. The industry is

AILING.

[CTyankee]

2. I am happy that I'm flying Lufthansa to Europe in May.

I'm sure it is heavily subsidized by the government and I do feel secure (I also expect them to handle my luggage properly when I change planes in Frankfurt! German efficiency, can't beat it!).

[Tesha]

3. The industry is moribund.

There's no way that the airline industry can continue to
provide service at anything like an "economy fare" price
as liquid fuels become increasingly expensive/difficult
to obtain. It will be interesting to see if the United
States Air Force gets anywhere *THIS TIME* with their
coal-fired planes (with their appalling carbon emissions)
'cause that's the only way planes will keep flying as
the oil ramps up in price ("runs out").

Tesha

[sam sarrha]

4. the plan is working, eleminate competition from the banks and airlines, bump the pensions

[ThomWV]

5. I saw a statement once about the profitability of airlines that I can not forget

I do not recall where I read this and I have no idea if its true or not but it seems to ring just the right bell. Take it for what its worth but here it is:

'If you added up the net profits from every airline that ever flew from the day the Wright brothers flew their first craft until today you would get a negative number.'