Becky Blaine: Shutdown of Spirit Airlines Is a Loss for the American Public

BLAINE: “I don’t want to speculate on kind of the business model of low-cost carriers, but I will say, it is a loss for the American public. They really democratized air travel in a lot of ways, and made air travel affordable for people who might not have gotten on a plane at all in their life at some point yet. And for $19 or $39 or $49, they could jump on a plane and go, you know, pretty much anywhere in the country and see places that they had not seen before. So that directly impacts the tourism economy in many locations around the country. It’s a loss for the traveling public not having additional choices when it comes to booking airfare. And it’s a loss for those destinations that until, you know, someone comes in and picks up those routes, they might see a reduction in passengers temporarily.”

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Becky Blaine: Shutdown of Spirit Airlines Is a Loss for the American Public‘They really democratized air travel in a lot of ways, and made air travel affordable for people who might not have gotten on a plane at all in their life at some point yet’News & PoliticsEXCERPT:BLAINE: “I don’t want to speculate on kind of the business model of low-cost carriers, but I will say, it is a loss for the American public. They really democratized air travel in a lot of ways, and made air travel affordable for people who might not have gotten on a plane at all in their life at some point yet. And for $19 or $39 or $49, they could jump on a plane and go, you know, pretty much anywhere in the country and see places that they had not seen before. So that directly impacts the tourism economy in many locations around the country. It’s a loss for the traveling public not having additional choices when it comes to booking airfare. And it’s a loss for those destinations that until, you know, someone comes in and picks up those routes, they might see a reduction in passengers temporarily.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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