Originally Posted by
ClueByFour
The dirty little secret is that if Southwest gets their hands on a dozen more slots at LGA and aitran (or whomever) gets them at DCA, it'll cause fares to go down. That is better for the consumer than overinflated fares from a few additional small destinations to LGA or DCA.
Better, no! Cheaper, yes.
I beg to differ! We don't need multiple airlines adding flights on the same route. That is wasteful and does not improve overall service. All it does is lower prices while CASM climbs and RASM falls. I would much rather see US get the slots from DL and begin to offer more nonstops from DCA. That is truly
better for the consumer to have access to/from cities previously unserviced from DCA....not more nonstops to the NE and Florida
