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...seems abnormal that the CEO of an airline that buys oil by the tanker and will burn through 250 million gal. this year alone isn't complaining too much about the record high price of fuel. But in fact, Joe Leonard, head of low-cost carrier AirTran Airways, thinks a few weeks of $66-per-bbl. oil would bring an overdue shake-out in the struggling airline business. "High oil prices are going to force some carriers out of the market," he says, "and it's going to happen quickly." You can almost see him smile, since AirTran...
...JetBlue 2. Alaska 3. Southwest 4. America West 5. US Airways 6. Northwest 7. Continental 8. AirTran 9. United 10. ATA 11. American 12. Delta 13. American Eagle 14. Atlantic Southeast...
...Fares are expected to be as low as $268 round trip, vs. $423 currently on American Airlines. Low-fare carrier America West said last week it is adding more routes to cities in Canada and Mexico. Fares on flights from Las Vegas to Calgary start at $242 round trip. AirTran Airways, which is aggressively challenging Delta Airlines, starts fares from Atlanta and Baltimore to the Bahamas at $99 one way. Low-cost Frontier Airlines has become so successful flying to five cities in Mexico that it flies more passengers from Denver to Mexico than any other carrier. JetBlue has also...
...Administration in which they say that a bill to provide special pension relief to the major carriers (American, Delta and Northwest would be the main beneficiaries, along with United) is "selective subsidization" and "the worst form of intervention that wastes limited public funds and harms consumers." The CEOs of AirTran, America West, Frontier, JetBlue and Spirit airlines argue that the big carriers should not be given government help while they devote millions of dollars to undermining their lower-cost and lower-fare competitors. The CEOs cite as an example United's decision to spend money to repaint some...
...lives. Low-fare carriers are no longer simply competing on ticket price, they are also raising the bar with the services they offer. While the Big Six airlines (American, Delta, Continental, Northwest, United and US Airways) struggle with high costs and dissatisfied passengers, small, low-cost airlines like JetBlue, AirTran, Frontier and Spirit have learned to please customers, make money and grab market share, all at the same time. They have become major players in the industry. Low-fare carriers, including pioneer Southwest Airlines and the improved America West, account for 30% of the market, compared with just...