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UAL to revive KSMF-KIAD flights
A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:
Responding to an upstart competitor, United Airlines said Thursday it is reviving its daily nonstop service from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. Is it wise for a bankrupt airline with limited resources and high cost structure to try to compete against a low cost carrier in a predatory fashion ? If United didn't think it could make money as the sole carrier on this route before today, how come magically, with a low cost carrier competing with lower prices, could UA think it could now make some money ? And if UA will be losing money on the route, why would the bankrupcy judge allow this ? One can understand AA spending megabucks to kill off Legend in Dallas and succeeding since Legend was an upstart and AA wasn't bankrupt. But United is nowhere near being in good enough shape to kill off JetBlue. It is more likely to be the other way around. |
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UAL to revive KSMF-KIAD flights
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Hash: SHA1 [ You knew this was coming. -Ed. ] http://www.sacbee.com/content/travel...-9499522c.html United to revive D.C. flights JetBlue also plans nonstop service from Sacramento. By Dale Kasler -- Bee Staff Writer - (Published March 19, 2004) Responding to an upstart competitor, United Airlines said Thursday it is reviving its daily nonstop service from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. The flights to Dulles International Airport resume will June 3, about 2 1/2 years after United ended the nonstops in the travel slump that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The new flight reflects Sacramento International Airport's growth as a travel market - and the escalating skirmishes between mainstream airlines and the new breed of discount carriers. United's announcement came a week after low-cost airline JetBlue said it was starting nonstop service on the same route. Sacramento airport officials said they've been pushing United to reinstate the flights but didn't achieve a breakthrough until the JetBlue announcement. Industry consultant Robert Mann said it wasn't a coincidence. "What you see happening ... is a response by United to JetBlue horning in on their turf," said Mann, president of R.W. Mann & Co. in Port Washington, N.Y. He said it's unlikely United would have restored the service if not for the JetBlue challenge. It would have preferred to continue serving the route by feeding passengers through hub airports, he said. But United and other mainstream carriers have been forced to follow JetBlue's lead on other cross-country routes, he said. "Nothing like a little competition, huh?" said an elated Barbara Hayes, executive director of the Sacramento Area Commerce & Trade Organization. SACTO believes improved air service can boost Sacramento's business climate. United spokesman Jason Schechter said the service was cut off in October 2001 as part of across-the-board cutbacks that United and other airlines made when air travel collapsed after 9/11. "We've always thought that the Sacramento market is strong," he said. Asked about JetBlue's influence, he added: "We will certainly be competitive in the market." He said tickets go on sale Saturday. The cheapest tickets - $139 each way - won't get offered for sale until May 4. That's the same day JetBlue's service to Washington begins. JetBlue's flights will be red-eye service, while United will fly during daylight hours. The Sacramento airport has more than held its own in recent years, even adding five airlines since 9/11 - Aloha, Hawaiian, Mexicana, Frontier and JetBlue. JetBlue has caused the biggest splash lately. The discounter began nonstop service from Sacramento to New York's Kennedy International Airport in early March. A week later it announced the Washington flights. G. Hardy Acree, executive director of the Sacramento County Airport System, said he tried to sell JetBlue on launching service to Washington first on the grounds that Washington is a more popular destination for Sacramentans than New York. JetBlue officials acknowledged the strength of the Washington-Sacramento market but chose to inaugurate Sacramento service to New York anyway because Kennedy Airport is JetBlue's main destination, he said. BL. - -- Brad Littlejohn | Email: Unix Systems Administrator, | Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! | http://www.sbcglobal.net/~tyketto PGP: 1024D/E319F0BF 6980 AAD6 7329 E9E6 D569 F620 C819 199A E319 F0BF -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAW1YryBkZmuMZ8L8RArfdAKCh20CoFoeN3JqaUKU31P Zr2udLkACggSR2 rB+SRmZFjkAKiIWtjdUrbwo= =mtr8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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