Word: metrojet
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Perhaps US Airways? prospects wouldn?t look quite so dire if the ailing airline hadn?t tried this before. In fact, part of the new Plan B is cutting back on operations by Metrojet - the mini-airline it started a few years back as a copycat to Southwest. To save money, Metrojet flies only Boeing 737 planes just like Southwest, and often flies to secondary airports, just like Southwest. US Airways even made a smart leadership move - in a surprising break with tradition - and negotiated special arrangements with the unions in order to lower costs at Metrojet, so it could...
...Airways says Metrojet is doing so badly it might even kill the subsidiary as part of its new strategy. If they can't make money with an airline designed especially for the job, what do you think can be achieved with the parent carrier...
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