There's always a trade-off. You save money when you don't buy new aircraft, but then you spend a lot more time and money on maintenance as they get older.
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The reason they've been in bankruptcy for three years is because they couldn't get creditors on board, I think they're going to come out when they say they are this time.
Overall, I think they'll be OK, given that the economy is improving and fuel prices are starting to moderate. But nobody knows which way fuel will go, and to base your long-range planning on an optimistic view of oil prices, I think, is very risky.
There's always a trade-off. You save money when you don't buy new aircraft, but then you spend a lot more time and money on maintenance as they get older.
I expect more of the network airlines to do the same. Now that fuel is an issue, and other economics of the airline industry are pretty difficult, a lot of marginal flights are hard to justify. It's a prudent trimming of marginal routes.
This quote is just one of 7 total Alan Sbarra quotes in our collection. Alan Sbarra is known for saying 'There's always a trade-off. You save money when you don't buy new aircraft, but then you spend a lot more time and money on maintenance as they get older.' as well as some of the following quotes.