Sentences with phrase «growing airline market»

Not exact matches

While Air Canada has dabbled in the low - cost market in the past, with brands like Zip and Tango, those were strictly domestic airlines designed to fight back against WestJet's growing popularity.

When fuel costs fell and the economy was strong, margins grew fatter, and airlines flooded the market with new flights («capacity,» in the industry's terminology) and splurged on equipment.

And yet if you'd invested $ 10,000 in Southwest Airlines on Dec. 31, 1972 (when it was just a tiny little outfit with three airplanes, barely reaching breakeven and besieged by larger airlines out to kill the fledgling), your $ 10,000 would have grown to nearly $ 12 million by the end of 2002, a return 63 times better than the general stockAirlines on Dec. 31, 1972 (when it was just a tiny little outfit with three airplanes, barely reaching breakeven and besieged by larger airlines out to kill the fledgling), your $ 10,000 would have grown to nearly $ 12 million by the end of 2002, a return 63 times better than the general stockairlines out to kill the fledgling), your $ 10,000 would have grown to nearly $ 12 million by the end of 2002, a return 63 times better than the general stock market.

«The economic pie expands which allows airlines, with that additional revenue, to look at new markets and grow into areas where previously the margins were simply too thin,» he said.

«For airline travel specifically, the soft - sided carrier market is growing.»

Also aiding and abetting the growing numbers of domestic travellers are the vast improvements in the quality of Thailand's road system, low - season marketing campaigns by the hotels and the increasing number of low - cost airlines operating in the country.

«Our collaboration with Amadeus will allow us to continue making use of an important distribution channel worldwide, allowing us to specifically target our growing network of international markets,» said José Luis Rodríguez, vice president ancillary revenue, LATAM Airlines Group.

Delta's primary objective, as I see it, is to grow its domestic network to feed customers into Seattle, which it is developing as an international hub as United Airlines exits the market.

During his tenure, Bezuidenhout grew the airline's market share to 25 per cent of the South African domestic air travel market and the fleet to ten Boeing 737 - 800 aircraft.

The order, valued at nearly $ 300 million at current list prices, will become the airline's first direct - purchased airplanes from Boeing and fuel the airline's continued expansion within Asia's rapidly growing air travel market.

WestJet Airlines already operates seasonal non-stop flights from Toronto to Belize City, and competition in the growing Canada - Belize market is widely expected to result in lower prices for travelers.

Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airway chief commercial officer, said: «This year's Arabian Travel Market will be another great opportunity for Etihad Airways to showcase to a global audience how we have grown from being an airline into a global aviation and travel group.

«Our market share is growing at the expense of the local competition; Australian members of the Etihad Guest loyalty program are surging up the tiers; and travellers worldwide are voting for us in best - in - category awards such as the 2011 Skytrax World Airline Awards where we received the Best First Class gong.

Although smaller, low - cost airlines in the U.S. have been growing much faster than their giant rivals, they have been mostly stymied in their desire to gain access to the nation's biggest air travel market: New York.

Jeannette Gilbert joins from her role as head of marketing at Fastjet, the rapidly growing new low - cost airline in Africa.

The new order gives the airline the flexibility to grow and to update its fleet as the market demands.

They are both hometown airlines that have slowly grown through strategic partnerships and smart market choices into major global forces.

Fourth through eighth on the list all grew by double digits, as these airlines continue to take market share from the legacy carriers.

IdeaWorks expressed its belief that the major airlines are reacting to market forces that require greater focus on the needs of frequent flier program members, as the competitive issues facing their frequent flier programs have grown.