US Flag Carrier Airlines: Culture, Margins, and Business vs Leisure Travel
Former COO at Delta Air Lines and Former Global Head of Transportation at Airbnb
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Published on September 24, 2020
Why is this interview interesting?
- Impact of US airline consolidation on pricing
- How legacy carriers are positioned versus low and ultra-low cost carriers
- The DNA of Delta vs United and Southwest vs Ryanair
- Potential responses from airlines if 10% to 20% of business travel is lost permanently
- Core levers airlines can pull to manage margins
- The average operating margin for first, business, and economy class for US airlines
- Outlook on the industry structure
- How Airbnb was approaching integrating airlines into the core product and the future distribution of air travel
US Flag Carrier Airlines: Culture, Margins, and Business vs Leisure Travel(September 15, 2020)
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Executive Bio
Fred Reid
Former COO at Delta Air Lines and Former Global Head of Transportation at Airbnb
Fred has over 45 years of experience in the travel industry. Fred ran European Sales for American Airlines in the 1980’s before spending 7 years as President at Lufthansa Airlines, the German flag carrier. Fred was also President and Chief Operating Officer at Delta Air Lines for 5 years before becoming the CEO of upstart Virgin American in 2004. Fred also spent 4 years as President of Flexjet, fractional private jet ownership company owned by Bombardier, and also enjoyed 4 years working on the Cora Aircraft Program, a division of Kitty Hawk building next-generation aircraft. Fred is currently a Senior Advisor to Brian Chesky and the Former Global Head of Transportation at Airbnb.
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