In Reply to: thanks Les posted by dennisc on Friday, 21. October 2005 at 11:18 Bali Time:
I expect AP & Garuda probably would NOT consider forumites opinions or our little survey to be indicative of the general population.Many of us here are already repeat customers & may be considered a known quantity with Air Paradise or Garuda due to the fact that most of us would go back because Bali & the Balinese are special to us.
Most people I talk to think we are absolutely crazy & need our heads read for even thinking about going back.It seems from comments I've read on BTF that many forumites friends & family feel like this as well.It would be to this sort of sentiment that the airlines cut backs are a result of.They need bums on seats to be financially viable & if not enough bums on seats they then make cut backs.
The way I look at it is that in Adelaide now we at least we now have both Garuda & AP which is better than we used to have.People started going back after 2002 & will no doubt will again.I expect when numbers increase again that more flights &/or bigger planes will be reinstated.