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12/27/2011: "Airlines Retrenching, Then What?"
Just spotted an article in Yahoo News about airlines retrenching. In the article, Michael Boyd, Boyd Group International, says simply "The cost of flying airplanes across the sky has eclipsed the ability to support it at many communities." Ok, but then what? The article makes the leap to train travel, which may be nice, but hardly readily available and in many cases not at all reliable. A more-likely alternative in the short term is Megabus and the like. A recent article in Bloomberg suggested drivers are giving up the wheel for a bus trip where they can surf the web. I do believe Amtrak has yet to provide free wireless, and I don't think it's poised to pick up the slack from airlines or drivers. It's the unfortunate reality.
On Tuesday, December 27th, K6-III said:
Amtrak already provides free Wifi on all east coast and west coast routes and should be system-wide by the end of the year.
Plus, with 3G enabled smartphones and tablets, even that can be bridged.
Amtrak already provides free Wifi on all east coast and west coast routes and should be system-wide by the end of the year.
Plus, with 3G enabled smartphones and tablets, even that can be bridged.
On Tuesday, December 27th, Uran Melody said:
It would be quite interesting to see how many of the communities no loger served by airlines are served by passenger train. I'd venture the only option in most is a bus.
It would be quite interesting to see how many of the communities no loger served by airlines are served by passenger train. I'd venture the only option in most is a bus.
