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Pressure mounts on aviation industry to cut costs as oil prices stay high (AFP) 28 April 2005 .. ... ... .. ... ... "We need to become a low cost industry and to do that this industry, all of it, has to change and change fast," IATA regional vice president Andrew Drysdale said. Drysdale emphasised that air travel was no longer restricted to the rich and privileged as liberalisation and increased competition brought down airfares, thereby putting pressure on yields. He said airlines had trimmed costs by 3.0-4.0 percent annually but other aviation sectors also had to do their bit to ensure the industry's long-term vitality. "The airlines are creating efficiency... our message though is that it has to be more than just the airlines," he said. "What we are really asking is that the rest of the suppliers to the industry, in particular the airports and air traffic control suppliers, also engage in efficiency and pass the efficiency gains on to their customers, the airlines, so that we can in turn pass it on to the consumers." .. ... ... ---------------- Are the Navy and Goa Government listening (for the sake of Dabolim and Mopa respectively)?
