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Thursday, August 16, 2007

High FaresThreaten Local Services

Surveys of passengers in Bangor, Maine and Aspen, Colo. reveal that high fares are driving passengers to other airports. The fares are compounded by frequency levels and reliability. Unfortunately, regional airline service, controlled by their major partners, now begin to take on the same reputation amongst passengers as the local service carriers had at the dawn of deregulation; reputations that prompted many small start-ups such as SkyWest (SKYW) launched to address reliability and frequency issues. Business passengers especially dislike the frequency levels which have precluded the out-and-back-in-one-day business trip. For a complete report see the next issue of Regional Aviation News.
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