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=Introduction=
=Introduction=
Historically, air travel has survived largely through state support, whether in the form of equity or subsidies. The airline industry as a whole has made a cumulative loss during its 120-year history, the costs include subsidies for aircraft development and airport construction.  Because of increasing fuel prices and new industry standards the price of tickets has increased as a compensation of the high cost of operating.  Going hand-in-hand with increasing prices, new low-cost airlines and the effects of 9/11 are just adding to this struggle that the airline industry seems to be facing.
Historically, air travel has survived largely through state support, whether in the form of equity or subsidies. The airline industry as a whole has made a cumulative loss during its 120-year history, the costs include subsidies for aircraft development and airport construction.  Because of increasing fuel prices and new industry standards the airlines have raised ticket prices as a compensation for the high cost of operating.  Going hand-in-hand with these increasing prices, the effects of 9/11 have added more strain to the already existing problem of debt the airline industry faces.
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Revision as of 18:24, 9 November 2007

Introduction

Historically, air travel has survived largely through state support, whether in the form of equity or subsidies. The airline industry as a whole has made a cumulative loss during its 120-year history, the costs include subsidies for aircraft development and airport construction. Because of increasing fuel prices and new industry standards the airlines have raised ticket prices as a compensation for the high cost of operating. Going hand-in-hand with these increasing prices, the effects of 9/11 have added more strain to the already existing problem of debt the airline industry faces.

Description

Airline Business Models

Ticket Sales

Effects of 9/11

Group Members

Ted Sirvaitis (Sirvaitr)

Michael Outwin (Outwinm)

Alex Baranick (Baranica)

Kaitlin Van Wagner (Vanwagnk)