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]]> http://simpliflying.com/2009/airline-baggage-fees-the-airline-industry%e2%80%99s-financial-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-2373 Oussama Salah Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:22:43 +0000 http://simpliflying.com/?p=1367#comment-2373 i suppose from a financial point of view the accountants think this is the greatest thing ever. Basicaly the Majors decided that what they could not carry out efficiently, they will just pass its cost again to the consumer, So what, Low Cost Carriers do it all the time, well I got news for you most LCCs don't do it all the time, LCCs control their cost and maximise their revenue, something which is apparently alien to the Majors. So what is next to stay, catering, clean airplanes, pillows, blankets or maybe a reversion to the good old days when we used to pay for earphones to watch a movie. Apparently, all the thinking and cost that went into creating a brand of the customer friendly airline that provides to its passengers a more enjoyable journey, has been for nothing, All these surcharges are symptoms of the Majors' failure to control cost, failure to innovate and failure to manage staff. It has been the same for the last 30 years and it starting to unravel. A new business model is needed to make this work. i suppose from a financial point of view the accountants think this is the greatest thing ever.
Basicaly the Majors decided that what they could not carry out efficiently, they will just pass its cost again to the consumer,
So what, Low Cost Carriers do it all the time, well I got news for you most LCCs don’t do it all the time, LCCs control their cost and maximise their revenue, something which is apparently alien to the Majors. So what is next to stay, catering, clean airplanes, pillows, blankets or maybe a reversion to the good old days when we used to pay for earphones to watch a movie.
Apparently, all the thinking and cost that went into creating a brand of the customer friendly airline that provides to its passengers a more enjoyable journey, has been for nothing,
All these surcharges are symptoms of the Majors’ failure to control cost, failure to innovate and failure to manage staff. It has been the same for the last 30 years and it starting to unravel. A new business model is needed to make this work.

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