Originally Posted by
rylan
Yup, this is already in progress with the 777s J seats being reduced. DL wants to sell 8k+ tpac and tatl BE tickets, and apparently thinks they can. At the same time they drive the price up, they are also limiting the mileage earn to 75k a ticket, and then hosing pax who sit in the back with reduced mile earn.
I honestly am not sure how this all makes sense. Do they really think pax are going to pick a DL BE seat for that much money when other airlines have much lower fares just because DL inflates fares by pulling seats? Or are they only interested in corporations who have contract/discount rates for those J seats?
So Delta is going to charge the same or higher fare for J as CX and KE?
Originally Posted by
phenobarbital
Same tired argument relentlessly repeated here. Through mergers or bankruptcy, the number of airlines was going to decrease..
Consolidation was necessary.
Look at that. A DL-apologist showed up.
Consolidation is NOT necessary. Look at Europe where they have 4 TIMES AS MANY AIRLINES! Not to mention the competition the numerous HighSpeed Rail operators provide.
Europe: 57 airlines!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ines_in_Europe
North America: 15 airlines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._North_America