Originally Posted by
Raffles
What's the point? Apart from saving on aircraft purchases (and orders are already placed anyway covering the next x years) what other costs are you taking out? IAG would actually add cost IN as management and employees started wanting some of those fancy perks they have down at Waterside ....
I don't think it will happen but *if* it were, I don't think BA would take them in-house / in brand but rather would run it e.g. as the new low-cost long-haul airline they are looking to set up.
potential savings could include reducing its own 'spade and bucket' routes and shifting pax across to a lower cost model (lower staff cost, lower running costs of a younger fleet) and potentially expand this new 'LCC' into parts of Europe that Vueling doesn't cover (or merge the short-haul operation with Vueling).
As said, I don't think it'll happen but I think there would be "point" to it!