The growth of border Airlines eyes on the top of the American market

Written by Rajish Kumar Singh

Chicago (Reuters) -The CEO of African Airlines, Barry Bever, said on Tuesday that the budget airline is witnessing an opportunity to develop its stake in the market, thanks to the financial problems in the Spirit Geralins lines and the South West Airlines decision to end its policy of allowing the free bags examined.

To take advantage of this opportunity, the Denver transport company announced its headquarters on 20 roads planning to start this winter. It also introduces a set of offers for the cultivation of loyal customers and vocal passengers from competing airlines.

Beafel said in an interview that these measures aim to make the number one carrier low in the twentieth regions of the United States.

“There are things that make a kind of opening the door to the border,” he told Reuters.

Bever said that South West’s decision to start imposing fees on bags has created a “level stadium” in the low airlines industry, as customers now choose airlines in the first place on the price.

Meanwhile, the future of Spirit is still not certain as its financial affairs continued just months after the bankruptcy. Earlier this month, the company warned that it may not continue to work if its financial results fail to improve quickly.

Financial problems forced the soul to reduce operations, allowing the boundaries of swooping in some of its main markets such as Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Starting in November, Frontier will start service to Fort Lauderdale from Detroit, Dallas, Houston, Chicago and Charlotte.

“ULCC capacity decreases. We think we can fill this vacuum,” said Bever.

He added that the airline will change the capacity on some of its current roads to serve the new roads.

Frontier, like other American transport companies, is wrestling with the soft demand for travel in the local market. The company expected a wider loss than expected for the current quarter, and it may bet on network changes, reduce capacity, and improved products offers to raise its profits.

On Monday, loyalty matching programs to seize customers from other airlines. Beverter said that Frontier aims to double her loyalty revenues to $ 6 per traveler next year.

(Participated in Rajish Kumar Singh reports, edited by Nick Ziminski)