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Opening Arguments

Back on the bus

Greyhound is starting to look pretty good, huh?

Getting hitched may be the right move for Delta and Northwest. But for beleaguered air travelers, it could usher in an era of higher fares, fewer flights, more confusion at the airport and even more crowded planes.

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Mergers, combined with a recent spate of airline bankruptcies, mean passengers in many cities can expect fewer flights to choose from, and they'll be packed even fuller than they are now.

I hate to fly anyway, and this isn't going to make it any more palatable. What does it mean when the most advanced form of travel can't find a profitable method of operation? For one thing, that basic economics are going to come into play, eventually, and fares will rise to where they need to be. We've come to expect low fares, but we don't a have a right to them. Global warmists, at least, should be delighted.

Comments

Harl Delos
Wed, 04/16/2008 - 11:01am

Leo, if you add together all the profits and losses, for all years, for all airlines, you'll find that over the last century, airlines have lost more money than they've made.

I hate to fly anyway, and this isn

A J Bogle
Wed, 04/16/2008 - 5:58pm

It is high time for rail to make a big come back

Kevin Knuth
Thu, 04/17/2008 - 2:45pm

IF all the airlines are cutting routes....then they will use less fuel....that means a drop in demand...so the price will have to drop as well.

That is if you really buy into the story that ALL this behind fuel prices is supply and demand and not price gouging.

A J Bogle
Thu, 04/17/2008 - 8:01pm

Or the premium we are paying for speculation and the instability in the middle east .

Just where are those millions of gallons of free flowing oil we were promised for invading Iraq?

tim zank
Thu, 04/17/2008 - 8:42pm

AJ.....I think it's entirely possible you could find a way to blame soggy cheerios on the war in Iraq as well.

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