Passenger Lite?

[kelley]

At 11:24 AM 9/12/01 -0400, Marco Anglesio wrote:
>On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 Jlcranford at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Also, the flights all departed fairly early in the morning.  An 8:30
> > am flight could mean leaving home at 6:30 am, a bit earlier than many
> > probably want to get up, given a choice.
>
>But fairly standard for business travellers, if not even earlier.
>
>Fare pricing and occupancy is a fairly interesting (in an abstract sense)
>LP exercise; airlines keep OR analysts on staff for the purpose of
>updating their pricing and availability plans. In any case, I wouldn't
>consider a half-empty flight unusual; they're almost certainly profitable
>due to the high prices levied against that particular market.
>
>Marco

now THAT makes sense. Thanks!

kelley