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UCLA Transportation Symposium. Lake Arrowhead, CA. State of Industry – 40% of the industry capacity is in or heading towards bankruptcy. Share of Industry In S&P Rating Capacity Bankruptcy? Southwest Airlines A 8.6% No Alaska Airlines BB- 2.6% No JetBlue Airways Corp. BB- 2.1% No
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UCLA Transportation Symposium Lake Arrowhead, CA
State of Industry– 40% of the industry capacityis in or heading towards bankruptcy Share of Industry InS&P RatingCapacityBankruptcy? Southwest Airlines A 8.6% No Alaska Airlines BB- 2.6% No JetBlue Airways Corp. BB- 2.1% No Northwest Airlines Corp. B 10.4% No Continental Airlines B 9.9% No AirTran Holdings Inc. B- 1.3% No America West Holding Corp. B- 3.5% No AMR Corp. B- 20.2% No Delta Air Lines Inc. CCC 15.2% Likely US Airways Group Inc. CCC 6.2% Yes ATA Holdings Corp. CCC 2.4% Likely UAL Corp. D 16.6% Yes Frontier Airlines Inc. N/A 1.0% No S&P rating is the Corporate credit rating as of July 31, 2004; Capacity based on Q2 ‘04
140,000 Employees have been furloughed Airlines in Turmoil:AMR to Reduce Pilot Force by 20% UAL Will Lay Off 1,500 WorkersAs Part of Cost-Cutting Industry Recap Post 9/11 • 800 Aircraft have been parked
Industry Net Losses $ (billions) Source: Merrill Lynch - August 30, 2004. Data for major airlines only, excluding government compensation
Low Cost Carriers’ Share of Passengers Source: U.S. DOT DB1A database. LCC’s include: AirTran, Frontier, JetBlue and Southwest. Majors includes: Alaska, American, America West, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and US Airways. * Merrill Lynch Research forecast
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