jetBlue mit positiven Zahlen

[AvroRJX]

NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU), a low-cost air carrier, Thursday reported an increase in its quarterly net profit, a rarity in an industry fraught with bankruptcy and mired in its worst-ever downturn.

 

New York-based JetBlue, known for offering in-flight satellite television and bags of blue-tinted chips, earned $15.2 million, or 22 cents per share, for its fourth quarter. The airline earned $11.1 million, or 20 cents a share, a year earlier, when its effective tax rate was more than 20 percent lower and it had fewer shares outstanding.

 

Analysts on average had expected JetBlue to earn 20 cents a share, with estimates ranging from 19 to 21 cents, according to Thomson First Call.

 

While most U.S. airlines are struggling with weak revenue, JetBlue said its fourth-quarter operating revenue shot up 96 percent to $187.3 million from $95.6 million the year before.

 

Delta Air Lines (DAL) announced plans Wednesday for a new low-cost carrier named Song, which analysts said could give strong competition in JetBlue's key New York-to-Florida market. JetBlue became a publicly-traded company last April.

Q: REUTERS

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Tja, ich bin wirklich auf den DL LoCo gespannt. Die B757 ist für einen LoCo ja eine eher ungewöhnliche Maschine. Und auch wenn die N.Y. to Florida Märkte zu den aufkommenstärksten STrecken n den USA zählen, so stellen die B757 doch eine ganze menge mehr Kapazität in den Märkten dar. Mal sehen wie die sich weiter entwickeln. Ist es richtig, daß "Song" von LaGuardia aus fliegen wird???

[Gast]

Song soll von JFK aus fliegen.

 

Übrigens, man hat bei United Airlines wohl auch schon LCC-Pläne in der Schublade.

http://news.airwise.com/stories/2003/01/1043928856.html

[Thomas_Jaeger]

Song will ab allen drei New Yorker Flughäfen, sprich ab Newark, JFK und La Guardia fliegen.

[huschi]

Hier noch näheres zu Song:

 

http://www.businesstraveller.com/homepage/...;priority.REF=2

 

Going for a Song

Deltas’ low-cost airline, Song, will feature what passengers have come to expect from no-frills carriers but the airline will also offer services fit for premium class.

Flights, initially between the Northeast and Florida, will commence on April 15. By October, the airline will operate 144 flights a day.

One-way fares are expected to start at $79 excluding taxes.

Flights will serve New York City (all three airports), Boston, Washington DC, Hartford, Fort Myers, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Orlando.

On-board facilities will include food and beverages for purchase, but the airline will also offer personal video monitors offering live, digital satellite programmes, pay-per-view programming, MP3 audio channels, multi-player games, interactive maps and internet access. flysong.com will offer passengers a lowest-fare-finding function and the ability to vote products and services on and off.

Members of Delta SkyMiles can receive frequent flyer benefits. Easy connections can be made to other Delta and SkyTeam members’ flights.

 

Published 30 January 2003

[AvroRJX]

Auch wenns nicht zu jetBlue paßt:

 

Zitat:

"flysong.com will offer passengers a lowest-fare-finding function and the ability to vote products and services on and off."

 

D.h., man wird im Internet das On-Board Produkt und den Service durch Wahl oder Abwahl beeinflussen können. Frage mich wie sie das machen wollen..... ginge ja nur in einem geschlossenen Kundenbereich, denn sonst votet Hinz und Kunz und der Wettbewerb mit