http://www.iag-inc.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:12:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/11/delta-tries-another-fare-increase/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/11/delta-tries-another-fare-increase/#comments Fri, 11 May 2007 18:41:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/delta-tries-another-fare-increase/ Starting last night, Delta signaled a $5 increase. This one may stick as a few of the usual suspects have already matched. More on Blackprogram]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/11/delta-tries-another-fare-increase/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/11/delta-tries-another-fare-increase-2/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/11/delta-tries-another-fare-increase-2/#comments Fri, 11 May 2007 18:41:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/11/delta-tries-another-fare-increase-2/ Starting last night, Delta signaled a $5 increase. This one may stick as a few of the usual suspects have already matched. More on Blackprogram]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/11/delta-tries-another-fare-increase-2/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/08/funniest-airline-pricing-in-the-us-maybe-ever/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/08/funniest-airline-pricing-in-the-us-maybe-ever/#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 18:53:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/funniest-airline-pricing-in-the-us-maybe-ever/ Heard about Midwest Express' attempt to increase fares by $1 today? More on Blackprogram]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/08/funniest-airline-pricing-in-the-us-maybe-ever/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/07/us-airways-completely-rolls-back-increase/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/07/us-airways-completely-rolls-back-increase/#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 15:25:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/us-airways-completely-rolls-back-increase/ In this morning's update US Airways rolled back all of the $5 (one-way) increases it had filed Friday night. US Airway's decision puts into question whether this round of increases will stick. Based on previous fare initiatives of this scale, once a carrier pulls back completely, it is typical for the other carriers follow. Delta [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/07/us-airways-completely-rolls-back-increase/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/06/nickle-diming/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/06/nickle-diming/#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 00:12:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/nickle-diming/ We have written about this before – but it seems to be a growing trend. For a frequent flier, the solutions are straight forward though. More on Blackprogram]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/06/nickle-diming/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/04/delta-and-northwest-match-5-increase/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/04/delta-and-northwest-match-5-increase/#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 20:32:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/delta-and-northwest-match-5-increase/ In this afternoon's update, both Delta and Northwest matched Continental's $5 one-way increase. Delta's $5 increase affects 812 of the top 1,200 markets in the US and Canada. Northwest's $5 increase affects 245 of the top 1,200 markets in the US and Canada. Based on past initiatives, it is likely that United and US Airways [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/04/delta-and-northwest-match-5-increase/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/04/continental-raises-fares-5/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/04/continental-raises-fares-5/#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 10:52:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/continental-raises-fares-5/ This evening Continental raised fares system-wide by $5 one-way . The increase applies to walk-up, 3-day, 7-day, 14-day and 21-day fares. The increase affects 777 of the top 1,200 markets. It is common for carriers to file system-wide increase on Thursday night in order to give other carriers time over the weekend to decide whether [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/04/continental-raises-fares-5/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/04/29/airlines-get-some-relief-%e2%80%93-southwest-raises-fares-2/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/04/29/airlines-get-some-relief-%e2%80%93-southwest-raises-fares-2/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:19:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/04/airlines-get-some-relief-%e2%80%93-southwest-raises-fares-2/ Friday evening Southwest Airlines raised fares by $2 one-way in approximately 40% of its markets. All of the network carriers matched the increase over the weekend in overlap markets. This is Southwest’s second increase this year. Network carriers have tried to raise prices system-wide four times this year with limited success, in large measure due [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/04/29/airlines-get-some-relief-%e2%80%93-southwest-raises-fares-2/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/04/19/air-canada-raises-fares-4-one-way/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/04/19/air-canada-raises-fares-4-one-way/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:24:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/04/air-canada-raises-fares-4-one-way/ Air Canada raised fares across its network last night by $4 one-way. The increase affects 153 of the top 1,200 markets in the US and Canada. United matched Air Canada in overlap markets. The increase applies to 0, 3, 7, 10, and 21 day advance purchase fares. This is the fifth attempt by Air Canada [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/04/19/air-canada-raises-fares-4-one-way/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/28/nickel-and-diming-is-coming/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/28/nickel-and-diming-is-coming/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:16:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/nickel-and-diming-is-coming/ CEO Gary Kelly says the airline needs to generate more revenue without "nickel-and-diming customers" or raising fares again. But of course the speech he gave mentioned that the airline’s costs are up 25% in the past five years mainly because of higher fuel costs that need to be offset. Southwest is not going to raise [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/28/nickel-and-diming-is-coming/feed/ 0