Originally Posted by
TRAVELSIG
From Bloomberg 22JAN2014:
The share of Lufthansa’s German home market controlled by discount airlines stood at 24 percent last year, the lowest among Europe’s five largest economies, compared with 57 percent in the U.K., Nomura analysts including Mark McVicar said yesterday in a note.
Nice.
Another nice anecdote...
Easyjet started selling tix through GDS' about ten years ago, Ryanair offers seat assignments and flies form major first rate airports. The costs per seat mile are getting closer and closer to some of the legacy carriers, same with fares and profit warnings (even losses) for slower quarters.
I really wonder what makes a discount airline these days...
The first one with the right answer receives a free 500g container of Homann potatoe salad.