Originally Posted by
ajeleonard
I guess what he was trying to say in a clunky way is Italy is the largest market in Europe that doesn't have a hub for IAG/LH Group/AFKLM in it
That seems a rather contrived qualifier, too.
The US*, Germany and France would all probably be bigger markets for IAG than Italy.
The US*, UK, Spain and France would all probably be bigger markets for LH than Italy.
The US*, UK, Spain and Germany would all probably be bigger markets for AFKL than Italy.
*I know the US is not in Europe, but I don't see why, when discussing global airlines, we need to limit ourselves to discussion of European countries.