Originally Posted by
David Puddy
At $500 or less round trip to Europe, they won't need hub feed to fill a Dreamliner or 737-800MAX.
Keep in mind that WOW Airlines which operates A321s between the U.S. and Europe via Iceland and they offer super cheap seats too... The low-cost revolution is here already.
What you're insinuating is point-to-point feed from small airports in the US to small airports in the EU, correct? How would these smaller airports process these thousands of international customers?
I think NIA would have to get a solid foot in the door at these mega-hubs to really decimate legacy international traffic. That, of course, goes against their business plan (read...higher costs).
Yes this is bad, but the entire aviation infrastructure isn't changing overnight. Hopefully the powers that be are able to adapt to the changes that the low cost revolution is forcing.