Of course, but how does AC portray it? "That Tango fares are now available across the network." As for AC management, they are on the same pedestal of shame as those that ran AA, UAL, DL, CO to where they are today. Though I'll give AC credit for one thing: They can move quick. Tango's total ramp up time was apparently less than 90 days, Zip was a bit longer, Jazz is a different story. But UAL has been talking about Starfish for a year. Tango did several things: It proved to AC management that Canadian's want basic predictable fares and basic predictable service. It also proved that AC was not in a good position to provide such an offering. I'm with Mike, AC should take advantage of it's court protection and serious predicament to scale back to be a profitable full-service airline. Between some excellent west-coast regionals, Jetsgo, Westjet and Canjet the exits are somewhat blocked. Matthew On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 06:32 AM, Mike Gammon wrote: > AC management is incompetent and should be...umm...we don't have > capital punishment in Canada so let's say: life without chance of > parole for 25 years, for first-degree murder of an airline. > > If you ask me, AC should return to its core competency: providing > Canada with a full-service international airline, scaled back to a > profitable size. It should cease trying to be all things to all > people. The Westjets of this country do a fine job catering to the > low-fare market. > > Mike Gammon > >> >> From: Nick Laflamme <dplaflamme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:15:01 -0400 >> To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Last Tango in Canada? >> >> I read the following in the Orders list: >> Tango, the Air Canada off-shoot, ceased independent operations >> 30-Sep. >> However, Tango will survive within Air Canada as a fare class. Some >> Air >> Canada aircraft will remain in Tango colours to promote the fare >> class. >> This was the first I had heard of this, although I've been somewhat >> distracted by my move lastly. Was this: >> * No big deal, just a minor rebranding issue >> * Major proof that AC management is incompetent and ought to be >> shot >> * somewhere in the middle? >> Did any cities lose service or frequencies due to this change? >> >> Thanks, >> Nick >>