... are other distribution systems, such as on line booking, and airlines" home delivery tickets. 8- Pricing After the deregulation, pricing policies changed drastically, airlines started to offer a wide variety of fares discounted below the regular price. These discount were accompanied by several restrictions such as advanced booking, no refund, no changing dates, etc. Therefore people unwilling to meet these restrictions paid a higher ... ...

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... run. The consequences for profitability have been disastrous: from 1990 to 1995, the total losses of the US Airlines industry exceeded total profits. The willingness of airlines to offer heavily discounted tickets and flights with low bookings reflects the very low variable costs of filling empty seats: in other words, the high fixed costs in these businesses let firms accept additional ... ...

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