In a message dated 11/20/2003 9:04:50 AM Pacific Standard Time,
jckelly1011@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< I bet AA will call their low-fare carrier TWA. >>
That would be sad and harsh. Since Carty is no longer there, maybe they will
do something good and not desicrate that name in some scheme. I think AA is
happy with finally being profitable again, and their ads seem to focus against
Low Fare carriers, so I think they are going to try to find a niche and
become like a LH, BA, or AF and still perform well against the compeition.
On the comment before, it is possible for a low fare carrier to be
profitable off the bat, ask jetBlue. The problem is that UA can't run the kind of
airline they are used to running, so how can they run one they are not? Hell,
we know Shuttle failed. And they are trying to do it out of a base where
another low fare carrier is based. Frontier may not have quite the cachet of WN
or B6, but they have a very loyal following and, unlike UA, are run very well.
It would be brighter for UA, if they wanted to build a low fare carrier, to
start it at Dulles where they could squash ACA and tap a rather virgin market
(jetBlue does not fly that many flights there and WN is at BWI).