IF your mental image of a cruise conjures a party boat island-hopping in the Caribbean with little passenger interest in its ports of call, think again.
Ted will arrive several years after United's last attempt at an airline-within-an-airline, the Shuttle by United, failed to sustain passenger interest.
At the same time, Lyft stimulated passenger interest through generous promotions in some cities, it offered five free rides to anyone who joined early.
We are confident this is possible and that our proposals create a positive climate for further capital investment, in the passenger interest".
David Sidebottom, director of rail customer watchdog Passenger Focus, said: "Having some fares regulated is clearly in passengers' interests.
Aer Lingus welcomed the report, saying it confirmed that Ryanair's shareholding was anti-competitive and against passengers' interests.
Overlaying that system is a superstructure of interested parties and government regulators, one monitoring safety, one managing performance, another representing passengers' interests, and yet one more overseeing Railtrack itself.
Cat Hobbs, of the Campaign for Better Transport, said: "We want the government to make sure it runs the franchise in passengers' interests and does not go ahead with fare increases.
"We often hear from passengers that they were told of 'technical issues' at the airport, only for it to change when the passenger goes to make a claim," says a spokesperson from Bott & Co, a legal firm that specialises in flight delay claims and represented passengers' interests in the KLM case.
In November 2009, the commission concluded the sale reduced competition and was not in passengers' interests.
