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kyt
#11 Posted : Tuesday, January 18, 2011 5:16:11 PM
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Wa_ithaka wrote:
I don't know why people think the prices are not sustainable. If BA charges Ksh40k for a 9hr flight, why can't fly540 charge 10% of that for a 45min flight?

point to note right there!
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Intelligentsia
#12 Posted : Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:14:58 PM
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@Spendthrift, my bad I was actually applauding you for homing in on the 2 most critical issues! Unfortunately, the word 'moot' has had many meanings in its history.Here the one i used was to mean 'the 2 issues require no debate that they are the most impt.'
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willin2learn
#13 Posted : Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:27:33 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
Nairobi Mombasa route down from 9540 to 6540 for a return ticket.Another "Bend Over" jobsmile


That's a whopping 30% slash! I wonder what other route they will leverage on.
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McReggae
#14 Posted : Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:24:46 PM
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The topic is misleading, one could think the slash is across board.

Kyt, yu probably don't have much details on the airline industry hence yua analogy btwn fly540 n' BA who by the way has been making losses!!!!!
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Gordon Gekko
#15 Posted : Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:59:45 AM
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Wa_ithaka wrote:
I don't know why people think the prices are not sustainable. If BA charges Ksh40k for a 9hr flight, why can't fly540 charge 10% of that for a 45min flight?


There are fixed costs and variable costs. Fixed costs include crew pay - constant regardless of distance. Variable costs like food, some amount of fuel depend on capacity.
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Spend.thrift
#16 Posted : Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:12:38 PM
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Gordon Gekko wrote:
Wa_ithaka wrote:
I don't know why people think the prices are not sustainable. If BA charges Ksh40k for a 9hr flight, why can't fly540 charge 10% of that for a 45min flight?


There are fixed costs and variable costs. Fixed costs include crew pay - constant regardless of distance. Variable costs like food, some amount of fuel depend on capacity.


Thank you GG. You even left out Airport taxes which are a substantial component of the ticket price.

My chief concern is safety. I have been checking details of some of the locally registered aircraft I have flown in and I say I would rather stick with Kenya Airways no matter how higher the cost is. One DC-9 was built in 1965 ( I don't know whether it still "jumps" but I recently saw it parked at JKIA.

If you want to know how thick things can get, picture this, the Gulfstream that crashed in Busia in early 2003, had been written off after an accident in Sudan but someone bought it off an insurer (insurance companies only sell salvages) and repaired it and had it re-registered.

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wanyuru
#17 Posted : Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:44:45 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
Nairobi Mombasa route down from 9540 to 6540 for a return ticket.Another "Bend Over" jobsmile


plus the ever smartly dressed cabin crew!!!smile smile
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wakagori
#18 Posted : Saturday, January 22, 2011 2:26:06 PM
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and now KQ is down to 6299 ( i think)...is it gonna get to 5K?
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Jus Blazin
#19 Posted : Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:03:35 PM
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These price wars are rocking Kenya. DSTV should do likewise...Ziende chini zote...
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Ms Mkenya
#20 Posted : Saturday, January 22, 2011 10:48:31 PM
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If the planes remain safe, i applaud the move.
Every time the crew do the safety demo-on screen or live-when i'm in an aircraft, i'm reminded that as long as i'm flying a crash is a possibility. Pray
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