FareCompare reports that American Airlines filed fare increases
ranging from $5 to $20 (one-way) across its network in the 8 pm update
last night (Dec 20th).
So far the other carriers are waiting to decide whether or not to match American’s increase.
The increases were primarily in 3-day, 7-day, 14-day and 21-day advance
purchase buckets.
The level of the fare […]
While the network carriers still need a few more solid years to make up for the losses incurred since 2001, the chart below (from BTS) shows the jump to profitability starting in Q2 2005.
Throughout this same period network carriers have been reducing capacity and firming up pricing.
It’s interesting to see that in Q2 of 2006 […]
The LA Airport Commission agreed to raise the rent for Terminals 1 and 3 effectively raising the rate paid by an airline from $4.19 per passenger to $9.89 in Terminal 1 and $11.60 in Terminal 3. Southwest Airlines appears to be the most affected by this increase and the expectation is that Southwest will need […]
The OAG reported today that the number of scheduled flights worldwide has grown to a record capacity of 3.3 billion seats on 28.2 million flights for 2006. The number of seats is up 3.4% versus 2005 while scheduled flights are up 1.8%. Low cost carriers make up about 16% of the totals seats. In the […]
