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| Posted On: | 16-Aug-2005 |
| From: | "Hank B." [hvbass2000.....com] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Roatan Air Fares |
Don't think airfares are going down, no matter how much lobbying people do. The airlines seem to be doing well enough not to cut prices, national airline or not. Capitalism at its finest, right? They'll also use the "cost of fuel" excuse to raise them right out the roof. Wonder how the other airlines can fly to farther, more developed destinations for less? I think competition or reduced takers will lower them Let's face it, the airline business is ailing really badly and has been for a while. Mismanagement, 9/11, unions, etc. all helped attribute to it. Remember when SolAir tried to compete? TACA lowered some of their fares down to the mid $200's. That was a deal. SolAir didn't have deep enough pockets to compete. Sad, but true. If people stop flying to Roatan and go to Belize, Grand Cayman, Barbados, etc. maybe they'll drop the prices. I just got notice of a deal to Belize for $259.00 round trip. I'll probably buy into that one. Roatan is probably out for me this year. If you can get TACA, Continental, American, etc. to drop their prices, more power to you. I'd like to see it, but I'm not going to wait around on that one. Just my 2 cents, that's all. Hank --- seangutan.....com wrote: > Hi Group,I have just read Md341's post with the > comparison of air fares,which > clearly puts Roatan in the prohibitive group for > many people. Added to > this,it is very evident that the island is > never,what you would describe as, busy. > Some will cite Semana Santa as a busy week;well > maybe,if you think lots of > mainlanders self catering on the beaches for the > duration but actually not > spending a great deal. The recent Carib > Fest,although a wonderful concept,was I am > told, poorly attended on the Friday,in fact,people > who went say there were more > people at Black Pearl that night than at the Carib > Fest. Without wishing to > knock the sterling work of the Chamber of Tourism,I > think they do a wonderful > job,I would like to suggest that we all approach the > present and future airlines > who fly in here and try to get some indication as to > when they will make a > trip here more viable to flying tourists.A few > business' do well out of the > cruise ship trade,but many do not.We need more than > one source of income. I would > think that Taca would be the first to start lowering > fares,they are the > national airline after all. > Just a thought!! > Sean and Zak.. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > _______ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page /dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/maOolB/TM --~-> http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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