Originally Posted by
Andy
If you say so.
Year round TATL LCC service will fail until the backpack is willing to fly TATL year round. There's about a four month annual window for an LCC to be profitable. Beyond that, TATL routes are bloodbaths for LCCs.
Exactly. Imagine Qatar Airways being able to fly into every city in Europe to every city in the US with premium product at a reasonable price. The value in NAI is the regulatory structure that allows them the lowest possible taxes, least regulation and ability to fly virtually anywhere in the world with staff from wherever they damn well please (like the country they own, where they make the labor laws)