Churn -- the rate at which customers dropped service -- was unchanged at 2.8percentt.
Not only are most consumers passing up offers, but when they do buy, they often drop service soon afterward.
He added that "the need for what they provide is going away" as major airlines drop service on those the smaller jets.
TWO European airlines have decided to drop service to South Africa, another has ended its direct flights and yet another is expected to end all service here.
But the carrier also warned that it would drop service to Columbus, Ohio, and to Nashville, as well as a flight connecting Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Oakland, Calif.
After CommutAir pulled out, Big Sky Airlines served Plattsburgh for just seven weeks, leaving in January, when the airline dropped service to East Coast airports.
But Northwest Airlines has shelved plans for a regional hub that Kansai hoped to win, and three other airlines have dropped service to the airport.
The result was two double faults and a dropped service game, though this was a day when such blemishes were not crucial.
Only one break was needed in the long second set and it came when Maud, winner in, three tournaments last month, dropped service in the 17th game.
These ironclad arrangements left the airport with little flexibility if an airline cut flights, dropped service standards or ended up under the protection of a bankruptcy judge.
