"2009 operating profits may be the best ever."
And yet they are going to RECEIVE a CHECK from Massport.
"Massport moves aimed at helping airlines trim expenses; Board OKs fees, leaves jobs vacant" by Nicole C. Wong, Globe Staff | September 19, 2008
Additionally, Massport's most recent fiscal year ended June 30 with a $4 million surplus. So it will funnel that money back to carriers, which could receive up to a couple of hundred thousand dollars each.
"Massport will actually be mailing checks - rebates - out to the airlines," said board member Ranch C. Kimball.
Massport's board also approved a $4-per-day customer facility charge on vehicles rented at the airport. The new fee, which rental car companies must start collecting by Dec. 1, will pay two-thirds of the $350 million cost for Massport to build a consolidated rental car facility.
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Are YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME?
So they are going to KICKBACK $$$ to the AIRLINES, but TAX the PASSENGERS to build their car port?
Please, America, DON'T FLY ANYMORE!!
Especially since the airlines are making RECORD PROFITS:
DALLAS - American Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc., and Northwest Airlines Corp., benefiting from higher fares and new fees, expect revenue for each passenger flown one mile to climb about 10 percent this quarter.
They are getting LESS PASSENGERS and CUTTING ROUTES while YOU PAY MORE, Americans!!!
Now DROP TROU and GRAB THOSE ANKLES for the TSA prober!!!!
So-called unit revenue at AMR Corp.'s American will rise as much as 11 percent for its main jet operations. Delta said its gain would be as much as 10 percent, including its regional carriers, while Northwest estimated an 11 percent gain on that basis for its US routes.
Yesterday's reports bolstered analysts' predictions of an improving industry outlook on fees, higher ticket prices, and jet fuel's retreat from record prices. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Jamie Baker said Wednesday that 2009 operating profits may be the best ever.
Airlines' fees for checking bags and other optional services are "a line of revenue that just never existed before," said Stuart Klaskin of KKC Aviation Consulting in Coral Gables, Fla.How does it feel to get FUCKED at 50,000 feet, AmeriKans?
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