Originally Posted by
arisaa
Nicely said. Where there is free competition, new airlines will enter a market to avail themselves of the excessive profits and hence reduce them.
Not entirely true. If barriers to entry are considerable (as they often are with complex businesses such as airlines) there is less of a chance of that occurring. I personally do look forward to anyone breaking UA's stranglehold in Houston, because the fortress hub system is awful for customers.
Originally Posted by
exerda
Maybe UA could then spend some of that $700m on replacing C/D at IAD. I guess I'm all for WN starting international service at HOU and causing UA to ditch their investment in IAH!
C/D is an embarrassment. Sheremetyevo in '92 looked better.