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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 6:14 am
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Originally Posted by MikeMpls
Meanwhile, if the 787's turn out to be as efficient to operate as they are supposed to be, DL will be opening a wide flank to assault by emerging international LCC's. JetStar will be operating some of Qantas' 787 & RyanAir has indicated an interest in 787s or A350s for TATL operations.

This may well be another occasion of Delta trading long-term planning for shorter-term profits. In time LCCs will be the dominant airlines ... everywhere.
I can't wait to see where FR would decide to land in the US if it started doing TATL. They would probably find a ton of small airports lining up to add words like "New York", "Washington", and "Chicago" to their names so that FR could claim to be flying to places and instead landing two hours away.
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