They say he has drained the company they helped to build, selling off profitable routes.

Small cities and towns feared losing air service if the larger airlines were no longer required to serve less profitable routes.

For a long time, these were the only profitable routes served by the airline.

But picking a fight against Continental on profitable routes is a far different gamble, he said.

The big lines have got all the really profitable routes tied up.

The Strip route was their only profitable route and supported the whole bus system.

It quickly became one of the more profitable routes for the Board, justifying an increase in service frequency to 30-minute intervals after only two years.

It concentrates on short domestic flights, rather than more profitable international routes.

First we have to develop new and profitable routes.

Since the sale, Kiwi has also abandoned some less profitable routes and added others with more profit potential.