In order to meet the need and seize the opportunity, United has accomplished substantial cost-reductions, nearly 5 billion annually by 2005, that allow us to offer an operation that is competitive with other low-fare carriers.
Quotes about low-fare (7 Quotes)
Having secured over 30 per cent of the Australian domestic market, we are now focused on strengthening our network, developing our product for the business market and steadily building our presence as the low-fare value-based carrier in our region,
I really see low-fare carriers, quality low-fare carriers anyway, continuing to become more and more popular.
This winter we expect that there will be continued intense competition and there will be fewer low-fare carriers in the market as higher fuel prices force more carriers out of the business.
Midway is a gold mine for Southwest. This is seen by a lot of frequent fliers and business travelers as a low-fare alternative to O'Hare.
The objective should be to make money and survive, not to be the biggest airline on the planet. With the low-fare market, they can make money. And with charters, no one has more experience with charters than ATA.
We have a very robust business plan that enables us to grow the business. Clearly higher oil prices are something we would prefer aren't there, but it does affect all other airlines. It's consistently the low-fare airlines like Tiger Airways that manages all of our costs exceptionally well that are able to cope with these higher oil prices and continue to offer lower fares. And that's what we aim to do.