Originally Posted by
adamj023
Does the USA even have one of the best airlines in the world like a Singapore Airlines or Asiana and the like.
No, but neither does Europe...so I fail to see your point. The real question comes - Can Singapore Airlines or Asiana run a profitable airline in the USA considering the challenges of being cost-effective and the massive size of one country. It's very doubtful - and if so, they'd sacrifice many of the amenities you seem to adore on these airlines just to be competitive.
Everyone should have a right to compete if they chose to, it shouldn't be restricted to domestically owned carriers. Competition spurs up innovation and improves marketplaces.
This goes beyond competitiveness. We need domestically controlled transportation. If we were at some point, to go to war with one of these countries or if Singapore were to somehow fall into an economic crisis and shutter their operations...in your "perfect world" - we'd cripple the country.
Other nations around the world are much more flexible and allow domestic travel from international airlines and it has worked extremely well.
Like who?! The UK doesnt; France doesnt; Japan doesnt; China doesnt; Australia doesnt; Mexico doesn't; Canada doesnt and Russia certainly doesnt. Find me a country thats somewhat near the scale of the US that allows the same thing - because you wont. The only example that comes to mind is SAS, and their intra-Scandinvian flying network within those countries, but Scandinavia is a different beast and smaller than the size of California and Texas combined.
One can stay at a Mandarin Oriental (Owned by a firm in Hong Kong) in New York City if you want to talk about hotels. One can drive an Asian car. But we can't get around from one part of the other by an Asian firm as an example who wants to compete in the airline industry? Makes absolutely no sense.
It makes ABSOLUTE sense. Transportation is different than owning a building. There's hundred's of thousands of buildings. If one hotel chain closed their doors - it's no big deal. If several foreign carriers stopped transporting customers, we'd have issues. I dont think you understand that key fact.