http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2008/07/09/expressjet-to-suspend-commercial-flying/ Airline News and Commentary Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2008/07/09/expressjet-to-suspend-commercial-flying/#comment-4860 iahphx Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:09:37 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/07/09/expressjet-to-suspend-commercial-flying/#comment-4860 Yeah, once fuel prices doubled in the past year, this went from being a questionable business plan (brought on by having excess airplanes after Continental reduced XJT's contract flying) to an impossible plan. There's simply no way point-to-point RJ flying in secondary markets is going to make money with $4 jet fuel. At least XJT has had enough sense to change their game plan before totally sinking the company. They will continue on as Continental's RJ feed. Yeah, once fuel prices doubled in the past year, this went from being a questionable business plan (brought on by having excess airplanes after Continental reduced XJT’s contract flying) to an impossible plan. There’s simply no way point-to-point RJ flying in secondary markets is going to make money with $4 jet fuel. At least XJT has had enough sense to change their game plan before totally sinking the company. They will continue on as Continental’s RJ feed.

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