Originally Posted by
Beckles
So the short answer is you only have anecdotal evidence based on your perception of competition? How about the fact that while there are new airlines, others like Alitalia and BMI are gone? Just with the Delta JV, is the capacity of the JV really more than what Delta, Northwest, Virgin Atlantic, Air France, and KLM had combined ten years ago?
How about your statement about load factors being lower, what's that based on? Surely you have numbers for that?
Alitalia is still around. BMI was taken over by BA.
hfly has the story correct on TATL: airfares in USD terms are down as a result of the changed supply and demand picture, but the price of tickets in airline miles/points is the worst it's been for at least 2 decades.