posted on Apr, 14 2009 @ 10:05 PM
The good news is loads of really cheap flights as the airlines are in a massive price war.
The airline industry has always been a tough place to make money. Famed investor Warren Buffett has been quoted as saying that the industry as a whole
hasn't made a profit in its 120-year history.
The Arizona Airline Park is going to have to put up a " Car Park FULL" sign soon.
In order to save money many of the worlds airlines are grounding more craft than at any time since the 9/ 11 attacks and Ansett collapse (a major
airline that with Sars and 911 parked over 20 craft there)
www.thepepper.com...
The aircraft graveyard is a superb place to see, Some 4000 aircraft. The desert conditions provide pristine preservation condtions.
The planes include old DC-9s and 737s, as well as newer 747s and 757s. Some will be sold for parts and scrap metal or are fgrounded till econimcally
viable to put on routes again.
Qantas has just sent its fleet of 747-300s there ( a fleet just about 15 years old) Hopefully they will fly again when times improve. Though I'm not
a fan of that flying elephant.
Airlines can very easily go down at these scary times. Qantas has just announced a couple of thousand job cuts due to the down turn.
b52 bobmers at AMARC
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