The Airline Graveyard

Serving busy routes has resulted in the fall of several airline companies. Tight competition and low sales prices are squeezing revenues.

September 23, 2003

THEY don't know the market," Indonesian Airlines Managing Director Rudy Setyopurnomo told TEMPO. In a direct interview some one and a half years ago, Rudy went to great lengths to criticize his competitors who had introduced reduced airfare prices. According to him, this was a wrong step because some 65 percent of domestic air passengers in Indonesia are just not that interested in discounts. Rudy said he was optimistic that the airline he lead

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