Thankyou for the informative responce Matteomc;You have raised...

Thankyou for the informative responce Matteomc;

You have raised some excellent points and i was not aware of the Indonesian style of fare and cancelling flights, sounds rather leaning toward a charter. I am aware however that soem airlines do overbook the planes to prevent flying a vacant seat.

My background is maintenance management and regulatory compliance just to get it out that i am not a finance guru.

I do not know the panacea to better yield management other than i think for instance Virgin has a complex fare structure which as a passenger i find a hassle, economy, premuim economy, bags, no bags, carbon credits etc. These are a pain and when another airline is applying the same fare at the same time it is less hassle.

IMO they are better of breaking soem of these charges and stagger them to different flights as in the end most plane TOW will be even. Why not baggage free or carry on only flights between 6-8am and 6-8 pm to cater for interstate daily business transit, maybe supply them with breakie and lunch as a trade off. This would see a reduced ground services element for 4 hours of the day with no baggage handlers and maybe true express check-in.

Just a thought.

I have other larger ideas but they would require major manufacuring changes and completly new design of aircraft.

In addition i beleive airlines need to try to move into sideways markets more agreesivly, ie airports, hotels and other transport mediums, even buy into refineries to further give themselves stability to oil price ?

All the best.