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Very nice, but remember that JBAs mean that on many routes AA / IB / AY / QR / JL?
are not competitors but part of BA's income. BA and AA could divide up routes in a similar way to DL & VS, and it would appear that they have less competition using the analysis above, when it fact it would be identical.
But that's not a phenomenon unique to BA. As you point others (VS/DL, UA/LH/LX, QF/EK etc) are doing the same and the regulatory environment around the approval of these is that there is competition.
The area that is weak on competition is the secondary cities eg, MSY, AUS etc. But as we all know the reverse is true, with a weak BA presence in the UK regions.