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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (853268)4/30/2015 12:45:29 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 1576930
 
Southwest Airlines isn't small, and apparently has been profitable every year for over 4 decades.

Overall the larger airlines have had very meager profits, with profits from good years barely beating losses in bad years. But they have a better record than long distance rail.

As for subsidies- The airlines get much smaller per passenger mile subsidies then the railroads. (In the US it seems that Amtrack gets more subsidies per passenger mile then the entire average cost per passenger-mile for air flight). But if you want to push to end air travel subsidies I'd also support that idea.

Without the subsidies marginal airports would close (esp. because the subsidies are largely targeted at marginal airports and flights to or from them), and some airlines might go out of business, but the bulk of air travel wouldn't be all that different. Without rail subsidies most rail lines would close.
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