Originally Posted by
N6279P
You know you can’t just go to the store and buy London slots, right?
No, but if they succeed in busting some JVs then slots will be divested. Even if JB winds up getting zero slots from that divestiture, the damage is done to the legacies.
Also willing to bet EK and some of the ME3 would love to lease/sell some slots to JB for verrrrry reasonable rates. If nothing else then for entertainment factor.
Originally Posted by
PasserOGas
One problem. We don't go to Europe.
Also, Spirit/Frontier are hurting literally everyone, including us. No one is tendering offers
We dont need to go to Europe to be a serious threat to legacies. JB can put political pressure on EU/US to break JVs and that is all that is needed. It might even be more advantageous for JB NOT to go to Europe, but to continue to bust JVs, then watch the ULCC TATL carriers run in and grab LHR slots to dump capacity into prime routes. We can come in to collect the pieces (slots) when they have done their damage and run themselves dry.