Originally Posted by
CPRich
If/when this happens, the reductions on price/service will stop. the fact that a flurry of low cost, low service providers are entering the market means the market is supporting them (or, at least, the providers think they will.)
Their success/failure will determine whether the market continues to evolve in that direction. Commoditization isn't a new thing - air travel is just the latest in a long line.
How low I'm willing to go isn't really relevant. Markets respond to aggregate demand.
I would challenge your bundling of health and safety in with comfort and service. What data do you have to show safety is being reduced? Certainly not air traffic accidents'fatalities.
Regarding health and safety, there are already rumblings about health and safety issues as seat size and space continues to get smaller CPRich.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...a-safety-issue
That a plane doesn't crash doesn't mean that flight conditions didn't kill anyone or cause any physical, mental or emotional problems. Air traffic/accident, fatatlies numbers show only one aspect of the health and safety of the passenger experience. I mean, do you really want to say, 'well any flight that didn't kill you was a good flight.'