Originally Posted by
pinniped
The entire aviation industry, worldwide, is heavily subsidized through protectionist policies, friendly local political accommodation, and cozy relationship with regulators.
Not to mention that most of the infrastructure besides the planes themselves is publicly funded. (I believe this is a good thing for many reasons...logistics, safety, standardization, etc....but it's a form of subsidization.)
Agreed. My point was that there is little point in picking out specific airlines guilty of receiving handouts. They all did/do.
Originally Posted by
rankourabu
Air Canada for example, successfully lobbied the government to stop ME3 from flying to Canada. Instead of competing, they are happy (as a public company!) to receive a govt subsidy in the form of interference/protectionism. Apart from that, they received bailout handouts in 2009.
And pretty much all US airlines at one point or another received Ch11 handouts from the taxpayer...