Dogfight Over New York

Series: Enterprise I Series

Duration: 30

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1981

Creator: WGBH-TV

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Chronicles the competition between firmly established Eastern Airlines and newly established New York Air as they battle for the lucrative northeast corridor. Focuses on the price-war strategy New York Air devised and the counter-moves of Eastern. Shows the effect airline deregulation had on these two companies. Explains how New York Air is able to offer lower fares because it employs non-union workers while Eastern is locked into a union contract that requires it to pay its employees top dollar and thus makes a price war unaffordable., Chronicles the competition between firmly established Eastern Airlines and newly established New York Air as they battle for the lucrative northeast corridor. Focuses on the price-war strategy New York Air devised and the counter-moves of Eastern. Shows the effect airline deregulation had on these two companies. Explains how New York Air is able to offer lower fares because it employs non-union workers while Eastern is locked into a union contract that requires it to pay its employees top dollar and thus makes a price war unaffordable.

Complete Record: Chronicles the competition between firmly established Eastern Airlines and newly established New York Air as they battle for the lucrative northeast corridor. Focuses on the price-war strategy New York Air devised and the counter-moves of Eastern. Shows the effect airline deregulation had on these two companies. Explains how New York Air is able to offer lower fares because it employs non-union workers while Eastern is locked into a union contract that requires it to pay its employees top dollar and thus makes a price war unaffordable., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.