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Cambridge Aviation Research In The News
Flight Cutbacks Hit Midsize Airports Hardest
New York Times - 09-Jul-2011 - “The airlines are shrinking and putting a premium on their core network,” said Jeffrey Breen, the founder and president of Cambridge Aviation Research.... “The bottom states have suffered most and have not kept up with the growth in the most robust airports in the country..... The regional 50-seat aircraft is on everyone’s deathwatch.... We’ve reached a point where some types of aircraft that used to provide good service to smaller communities aren’t economically viable anymore." read more>>
The True Cost of Travel
AOL Travel - 23-Dec-2010 - Jeffrey Breen, president of Cambridge Aviation Research... says that roughly half of an airline's operating costs... go toward fuel and labor, the latter of which includes the pay for flight personnel, maintenance labor, traffic-handling personnel, etc.... [For a] Los Angeles to New York flight... "either bring seventy bucks or thirty gallons [of jet fuel] to the gate." read more>>
With airport slots, time is money. Their time, your money.
The Washington Post - 10-Oct-2010 - "Slots are a lot like baseball franchises," said Jeffrey Oliver Breen, president of Cambridge Aviation Research. "Once you have one, you have it for life." read more>>
Fares, Flights & Fish: Inside the Local Airfare Battle
Traverse City Ticker (Michigan) - 27-Sep-2010 - Jeffrey Breen, president of Cambridge Aviation Research..."While it's challenging for any small community to win more service in this environment, having a 'war chest' of nearly $1 million is an enviable position to be in." read more>>
Passengers sue to block United-Continental merger
Denver Business Journal - 07-Jul-2010 - A report in May from Cambridge Aviation Research said DIA as well as Colorado's Eagle County and Yampa Valley airports are among 17 U.S. airports where the proposed merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines could raise "red flags" with federal regulators who must sign off on the deal because of the possibility of reduced competition. read more>>
Airline Deal Faces Tough Review
Wall Street Journal - 18-May-2010 - "In this environment of reinvigorated regulation, it's in the interest of United and Continental management to stay out of court," said Jeffrey Breen, president of Cambridge Aviation Research. read more>>
JetBlue, Southwest Battle for Boston
TheStreet.com - 10-May-2010 - Boston Logan "has become an amazing market for low cost carriers," said consultant Jeffrey Breen, president of Cambridge Aviation Research..."Delta chose before 2001 to go into the new terminal, and I think they committed to more capacity than they ended up needing. When Delta downsized, JetBlue got a foothold." read more>>
Continental-United merger to get hard look from regulators
The Washington Post - 04-May-2010 - Merger's Local Impact. Top five airlines in number of passengers for U.S. carriers flying domestic routes in 2009. SOURCE: Cambridge Aviation Research read more>>
United and Continental Said to Agree to Merge
New York Times - 03-May-2010 - The combined airlines would have a 40 percent market share at San Francisco International and 35 percent at Chicago O'Hare International, according to data compiled by Cambridge Aviation Research, a consulting company. At Houston Intercontinental, one of the city's two airports, they would have 64 percent of the market and at Newark Liberty International, 55 percent. read more>>