US airlines cut schedules despite strong demand
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With rising fuel costs, airlines the US are trimming their schedules despite strong travel demand, USA Today reported. The six carriers - American, United Airlines, Delta Airlines, Continental, Northwest Airlines and US Airways have scheduled 4.4% fewer seats for January than a year earlier, according to a USA TODAY analysis of flight schedules. It said that to cut capacity, airlines could do away with routes, fly them less frequently or use smaller planes. The airlines, which handle about two-thirds of domestic flying, are reacting to the record rise in fuel prices, making some flights unprofitable, it quoted William Swelbar, a research engineer at MIT’s International Center for Air Transportation, as saying. “With US$90 oil, (airlines) have to really look in the mirror
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