But even with that margins are tight, so 99.5% of why your flight is expensive is that planes are not cheap to operate and fuel isn’t free. But we can pretend it’s all the other thing to maintain slave morality.
Also when was the last time an airline stock paid a dividend? I’m sure one of them pays dividends but most pay dividends never.
And CEO bonuses and shareholder dividends must always be high-flying.
But even with that margins are tight, so 99.5% of why your flight is expensive is that planes are not cheap to operate and fuel isn’t free. But we can pretend it’s all the other thing to maintain slave morality.
Also when was the last time an airline stock paid a dividend? I’m sure one of them pays dividends but most pay dividends never.
Delta is paying a dividend of $0.15 per share in August. Southwest paid $0.18 this month. Spirit used to pay $0.10 but I don’t think they do any more.
So tight! Can barely afford to keep the plane in the air what with all the stock buybacks.
Lately most airlines are making insane profits from their banking-skymiles partnership deals and less from actual ticket-holders