Added: Transcipt of Elijah's statements with Moorman
The customer satisfaction surveys are interesting, and one would assume they would translate into greater business for the airlines, but I'd still like to see a straightforward set of numbers as in, are ticket sales up, down, or static.
The question really is, are the airlines selling tickets at the rate they want, or are the gloomy ticket sales news stories I've seen merely a case of business not as good as the airlines wish it was? In other words they had a target figure and didn't make it?
It's kind of like when I see a news story of "Business X" claiming they lost "ten gazillion" dollars last year. Turns out they didn't lose anything, they just didn't make as money as they thought they would. If they "lost" as much money as they said they did they'd be out of business!
Flintlock76 The customer satisfaction surveys are interesting, and one would assume they would translate into greater business for the airlines, but I'd still like to see a straightforward set of numbers as in, are ticket sales up, down, or static. The question really is, are the airlines selling tickets at the rate they want, or are the gloomy ticket sales news stories I've seen merely a case of business not as good as the airlines wish it was? In other words they had a target figure and didn't make it? It's kind of like when I see a news story of "Business X" claiming they lost "ten gazillion" dollars last year. Turns out they didn't lose anything, they just didn't make as money as they thought they would. If they "lost" as much money as they said they did they'd be out of business!
I don't understand why you still wonder about ticket sales. They are at record highs two years running.
Charlie, if you say ticket sales are at record highs two years running that's good enough for me! I'm sure you've got your sources, so I won't say any more on the subject.
My questioning came about because those two links didn't mention ticket sales at all, they mentioned everything but.
I think it boils down to this:
If I live in NYC and want to travel to Boston, I will take a train.
If I live in NYC and want to travel to Los Angeles, I will take a plane.
A dining car, or a toilet in my bedroom, or a restaurant in a station, or a great European rail system, is not going to make much difference.
York1 John
Flintlock76 Charlie, if you say ticket sales are at record highs two years running that's good enough for me! I'm sure you've got your sources, so I won't say any more on the subject. My questioning came about because those two links didn't mention ticket sales at all, they mentioned everything but.
Charlie, if you say ticket sales are at record highs two years running that's good enough for me! I'm sure you've got your sources, so I won't
say any more on the subject.
That was my error. The link was a little off.
Try this:
https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/estimated-july-2019-us-airline-traffic-data
charlie hebdo Flintlock76 Charlie, if you say ticket sales are at record highs two years running that's good enough for me! I'm sure you've got your sources, so I won't say any more on the subject. My questioning came about because those two links didn't mention ticket sales at all, they mentioned everything but. That was my error. The link was a little off. Try this: https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/estimated-july-2019-us-airline-traffic-data
Got it. Much better, thank you!
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