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- Qantas to Lift Airfares Due to Fuel
- Qantas says it will increase its airfares for domestic and international flights and suspend its share buyback program due to ongoing increases in the cost of jet fuel.But the national carrier says that while the rise in fuel prices is a concern it remains confident of meeting its guidance...
- News items 2008-04-28
- A Case Study in Handling Corporate Screw-Ups
- We've written posts offering general guidance on how to handle a corporate screw-up, as well as our thoughts on various companies' responses to public misfires and mistakes, but sometimes nothing is as illuminating as a real life case study. Last week, Business Week offered an interesting look at how Travelocity...
- Blog posts 2007-10-02
- Making fares Fairer
- Among the folks who fly on the corporate dollar, though, airfares create anger as well as confusion. That's because they face last-minute fares that are, on average, five times more than the lowest leisure ticket price. This case study asserts that the airlines' own affair with technology, meanwhile, only complicated...
- White papers 2002-09-01
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- Models Of The Spiral-Down Effect In Revenue Management
- The spiral-down effect occurs when incorrect assumptions about customer behavior cause high-fare ticket sales, protection levels, and revenues to systematically decrease over time. If an airline decides how many seats to protect for sale at a high fare based on past high-fare sales, while neglecting to account for the fact...
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Regional fare Policy White Paper: DRAFT
- The Regional Transit Action Plan includes a task to analyze regional fare policies. It is anticipated that smart cards, which are included in the Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority's (MARTA) current procurement of a new fare collection system, will be the long term basis for an integrated regional structure. This...
- White papers 2003-07-25
- Mass Transit: An Industry in Transformation - Using Next-Generation fare Collection as a "Ticket" to Success
- Mass transit agencies around the world are making substantial investments in evaluating and deploying advanced technologies to improve the attractiveness, convenience, marketability, and safety of public transportation systems. Automated fare collection (AFC) systems, with their link to all of these strategic objectives, are directly in the mass transit technology spotlight....
- White papers 2004-10-08
- fare's Fair: Making Air Cargo Count
- The traditional mold that combination carriers have operated in is crumbling as increased competition from low-fare carriers affects the way they serve cargo customers. Putting back the pieces will require a more concerted effort, focusing attention and resources on the cargo side and making product attractive to shippers and consignees,...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Train Station Passenger Flow Study
- With the increasing demand for public transportation due to congested highway, trains have become one of the most viable alternatives, especially for daily commuting. While transit agencies are excited with the increasing ridership, they are also challenged with a higher volume of passenger flow and longer queuing lines at the...
- White papers 2000-11-13
- Revenue Management Games
- From the executive summary: ‘A significant issue in airline revenue management is the optimal allocation of seat inventory among fare classes given a demand distribution for each class. In the issue, passenger demand is an exogenous parameter. However, the seat allocation decisions of one airline affect the passenger demands for...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- Worldspan bringing 'transparency' to airline ticket prices
- A new service by travel e-commerce firm Worldspan L.P. will let buyers compare today's ticket prices with historical prices over the past 12 months. The site is free for users, and Worldspan gets a small cut of every ticket purchased through the FareAware service. The fare structure is very complicated...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Delta's Best fare Guarantee: No Guarantee of Smart Marketing
- Do I hear an echo in here? Delta Air Lines recently rolled out a best fare guarantee for its website, and to be honest, I think we've heard this before. Airline websites have had guarantees come and go over the years, but none of them seem to stay...
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Hedge Your Travel Bets
- The idea of Farecast.com used to work much better for me than the actual site. For the uninitiated, Farecast serves up the current lowest prices for specific flights and a prediction (complete with a percent confidence rating) about whether the current price will rise or fall in the future. (It...
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- How Will we fare in 2003
- Many private equity firms were entering 2003 in the same spirit, as they started last year - relatively upbeat. Nevertheless, was that optimism justified? The article looks at some of the successes and failures of 2002 and examines some of the key trends, which were likely to play out over...
- White papers 2003-01-15
- Their Own Medicine
- Advisers are naturally skilled at planning for clients and instilling discipline in their investments. But how do they fare when prescribing their own cases? The article finds that one of the greatest dangers in the financial advice business is temptation. Can't-miss deals fly across your desk every day, and since...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Turn It Up
- Radio campaigns are standard fare for many entrepreneurs nationwide. But does a person know what turns a ho-hum radio concept into a terrific ad and what makes for the most effective on-air copy and execution? It takes more than amusing the audience-though that helps. To get the best results from...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- All Cheese Considered: Mascarpone
- Although Mascarpone is not technically a cheese since no rennet or curds are involved, it is an acid-coagulated dairy product that is typically handled by the cheese monger and therefore, we include it here. Mascarpone (sometimes spelled mascherpone, but pronounced the same) has been known since the sixteenth century, but...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Actual Sales By Ticket Type
- This is a template for actual sales by ticket type, which also shows fare types and boardings by ticket type.
- Tools & templates 2007-07-27
- Consumer Bankruptcy: How Unsecured Lenders fare
- This paper offers a brief overview of consumer bankruptcy and the rights of unsecured creditors that lend money to individuals who ultimately file for bankruptcy. It also discusses the proposed amendments to the bankruptcy code being debated in Congress. Finally, the paper concludes with a assessment of how unsecured lenders,...
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Southwest Could Get Undercut in Chicago
- Two ultra-low fare carriers could undercut Southwest's dominance in the Chicago area as cheaper Gary, Indiana threatens both O'Hare and Midway. There has long been talk of a third airport in Chicago, one of the world's busiest flight hubs. For years, Chicago's mayor has tried to build a massive new complex...
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- Southwest Could Get Undercut in Chicago
- Southwest Could Get Undercut in ChicagoGary airportNah, won't happen, Bret. Hooters tried it but pulled out after a short time. The problem is Gary is a dump. No one voluntarily goes there. Doesn't matter how much you save, the trade-off is too great. The perception/reality is Gary is full of...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
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