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Instead, the major carriers can see something potentially distressing: a swarm of alien aircraft invading the domestic market. These planes belong to the latest wave of upstart airlines hoping to succeed where so many predecessors--161 in the 18 years since deregulation--have plowed under. During that time, the economics of the industry has been tossed around like so much paper in jetwash. And airfares have followed suit. Prices have taken off in "fortress" markets like Denver, where one or two majors have pounded competitors; in California, where the terminals are more crowded, the fares have sunk low enough...
...upstart airlines are merely sweeping up the crumbs abandoned by the majors, carrying 15% of the passengers for less than 10% of the gross. But at some point, perhaps this summer, the fledglings' growth will run smack up against the majors' need to protect or expand revenues. When that happens, says Michael Boyd, president of Aviation Systems Research Corp. in Golden, Colorado, the skies may grow turbulent again. "If the majors find their core market being taken [by the upstarts]," he says, "they will turn on them." Already Northwest and American have started to discount. Rising fuel prices could turn...
...SHOULD NOT TRY TO CONTAIN OR appease China, the upstart superpower, without first exposing the latter's Achilles' heel [WORLD, March 25]. The overriding reason for Beijing's saber rattling during Taiwan's presidential election campaign is that China's leaders are scared of the ripple effect that Taiwan's march toward full-fledged democracy will have on its own 1.2 billion population. The masses, having seen Taiwan progress from a backward nation into a free, prosperous country, may demand to choose their own leaders through a similar election or a plebiscite on China's communist system. The only thing...
...rival is Collette, a much more experienced and sophisticated figure, played by Andrea Kooharian. Both Brenda and Collette want to be the star of the movie and both are equally ruthless in pursuit of their goal. Kooharian successfully portrays the bitchy career actress who feels threatened by an upstart of a pretty young thing...
...MANAGER IS NOT THE MESSAGE, BUT PRESIDENTIAL campaigns often mirror their managers. Bill Dal Col, who runs the upstart Forbes campaign, makes decisions on the fly like the head of an entrepreneurial start-up. Scott Reed, who oversees the Dole campaign, supervises his forces like the CEO of a FORTUNE 500 company. Dal Col shadows his candidate like a Secret Service agent, huddling with Forbes to make hour-to-hour decisions. Reed talks by phone with Dole at least twice a day and consults his commanders by conference call. One is a hands-on operator; the other...