Define Decline
Are airlines declining in number and/or profitablity.?
The number of airlines will decline over time as the inefficient leave the market.
Airline profitablity runs in cycles.Qantas is just coming off a very very profitable period.As the world economy recovers so will airline bottom lines.
The world is full of travellers.At present there is pent up demand.
Give it 12 months and you wont be able to get a seat on an aircraft and yields will improve.
Its all been seen before.
We`ve heard the doomsayers before.
Running aircraft like the A380 is a mistake.They require a flat airline cycle where airlines are continually in profit.In short they provide too much capacity.
If larger aircraft was a good idea why didnt Boeing agree?
Boeing seems to have got it right for the last 50 years.
Smaller aircraft with longer range seem more appropriate.
Like with most of these discussions time will provide the answer
Last edited by Bad Hat Harry; 4th Jul 2009 at 11:10.