In other words, Legend was going after the core business-travel market, the full-fare segment that is the source of most of the airline industry's revenue.
The move underscores the brutal competition within the airline industry, especially in the low-fare segment, which now comprises 25percentt of flights within the United States, measured by the number of passengers carried.
United, part of UAL, introduced Ted late last year as its entry into the increasingly crowded low-fare segment, which includes Song, started last year by Delta Air Lines, and JetBlue Airways, the Queens-based carrier that has become the biggest airline at Kennedy Airport.
In the United States, the most significant growth in scheduled flights -- a 6percentt increase -- was within the low-fare carrier segment, OAG said.
"We can continue to offer low fares by segmenting customer demand," said Scott Kirby, the president of USAir, at the airline's annual media day.
For travel within the United States, there are four basic taxes on airfares: a passenger ticket tax (7.5 percent of the base fare); a flight segment tax ($3.70 a flight); a passenger facility charge (up to $4.50 a segment); and a federal security fee, also called the Sept. 11 fee ($2.50 a segment).
This research uses a quantitative cluster analysis to segment fare evasion behaviours into three categories which show distinct personality and behavioural characteristics.
They used a quantitative cluster analysis to segment fare evasion behaviors into three categories, which show distinct personality and behavioral characteristics.
Passengers who book a flight with multiple stops are automatically bumped into the highest fare class for each segment of that flight.
The firm's public markets segment also fared well, nearly doubling its fee-related earnings to $23.3 million.
