And the media's insistence on a plan of heavy re-broadcasting the dreadful events of Sept 11 in a few days time will cause even fewer people to want to fly.
Now's not the time to buy airline shares - thanks to the insensitive and dollar-happy TV media. Mike Perth ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:50 AM Subject: [USMA:22047] Re: Fwd: [A_A] "millimeter tolerance" | 2002-09-03 | | Those numbers may be changing mighty fast in the near future. Except for | South-west Airlines, the others are either in bankruptcy or on the verge of | it. If raising prices is what is needed to keep the airlines solvent, then | that will discourage travellers who can't afford the high prices. Either | way it doesn't look good for the airlines. | | John | | | | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Tuesday, 2002-09-03 15:12 | Subject: [USMA:22046] Re: Fwd: [A_A] "millimeter tolerance" | | | > Hi guys | > | > Mile will continue to dominate the airline industry. | > | > In terms of # of passenger trips the USA leads the | > rest of the World. Infact, nearly 60 % of the airline | > tickets sold in the World were in USA, if you take | > these top 30 airports as the parameter. | > | > Total in USA comes to nearly 259 million while that of | > the rest of the World is 195 million in a given year. | > | > | http://airtravel.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.air p | orts.org%2Ftraffic%2Fbusiest.html | > | > Europeans & Asians have a big lead in train travel, | > but in air, its always the Americans in the top spot. | > | > Madan | > | > --- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > Re: [USMA:22031] Re: Fwd: [A_A] "millimeter | > > tolerance"2002-09-03 | > > | > > I find it interesting that German train service, | > > uses "miles" instead of kilometres for Award points. | > > I can understand the airline industry using miles | > > as that is what they use when flying, but the train | > > distances are all in kilometres. | > > | > > | > http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ny8h-ky/db-page/enews.htm | > > | > > DB participates in "Miles & More" | > > | > > DB participates in mileage program "Miles & More" of | > > Lufthansa from March 1. The mile of "Miles & More" | > > can be added by using DB, and DB trains can be used | > > as an award. Now it is limited to 1st class of the | > > train of the following trains. 500 miles is added in | > > one route. | > > | > > - ICE Sprinter (Frankfurt M - Muenchen / Frankfurt M | > > - Berlin) | > > - Metropolitan (Koeln - Hamburg) | > > | > > On the other hand, as an award, all trains except | > > for a sleeper car and AutoZug can be used. | > > Round-trip tickets of 3nd class need 15,000 miles, | > > and 1st class 20,000miles. | > > | > > Reference: Lufthansa | > > By Hisayuki HUH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | > > | > | > > ATTACHMENT part 2 image/gif name=news-dai.gif | > | > | > | > __________________________________________________ | > Do You Yahoo!? | > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes | > http://finance.yahoo.com | > | |
