U.S. Travel Association comments on the spring travel forecast from Airlines for America

WASHINGTON, 2015-3-12 — /Travel PR News/ — U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow comments on the spring travel forecast from Airlines for America:

“We obviously welcome the projection of increased travel demand over the next two years, which jibes with our own data. But just because the lines are longer at the DMV than ever before doesn’t mean they’re doing a good or humane job.

“My question for the Big Three airlines is: how do we make sure that capacity keeps up with demand? Every piece of evidence we have shows that our infrastructure is already straining under the current load, and that passengers are frustrated beyond words by overcrowded flights and delays in the terminal and on the tarmac. We also know consumers are traveling less than they otherwise would because of these problems. Where are the Big Three’s solutions?

“The travel community has said time and again that we need to work together to modernize and expand our system in order to maximize efficiency and let new carriers into the marketplace. We congratulate our friends the airlines for their increasingly robust revenue reports—we all want our carriers to be healthy and profitable. However, we’re alarmed that the Big Three seem determined to stamp out competition and cling to the status quo, which fundamentally harms the consumer, particularly as demand grows.”

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