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By: 22nd June 2000 at 15:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: Re-Regulation in the USA?
Hi,
thanks for telling about Concorde. By the way even I have heard this news. Yesterday I returned from Washington and I was comparing the prices for last year and this time. I came by Northwest and had a terrible experience. The prices were shot up 10% and the quality was terrible.
Kabir
By: 23rd June 2000 at 06:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: Re-Regulation in the USA?
Was it not that Deregulation Act that allowed Southwest to fly beyond Texas for the first time, however, making available its approach to air travel available to more and more of the USA?
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By: Matthew_1 - 22nd June 2000 at 13:03
Hello,
from some recent news I have heard that some in the USA are calling for re-regulation, since passenger complaints are at record highs; fares have not decreased appreciably, rather, "fortress hubs" have arisen where fares have shot up; service seems to be locked into a downward spiral for the most part.
If I recall correctly the reasoning was that air transport is now a public utility and should be regulated as such.
What would that achieve?
After all, deregulation has spawned Southwest...