Originally Posted by
dulciusexasperis
More entrants to driving prices down from Canada.
Norwegian Air plans to fly between Canada and Europe this summer - Business - CBC News
Trouble is, they drive down service at the same time and if not enough people will pay for a better level of service, the better level of service starts to be removed from the market. Thus the rise of Rouge flights and the reduction of mainline Air Canada flights.
This race to the bottom is everywhere.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=airli...hrome&ie=UTF-8
At what point are the customers likely to realize that lower prices have a cost that they are ignoring. I remember when the term 'Low Cost Carrier' began to be used. Of course everyone knew back then that they were inferior in service but provided a way for those with less money to afford air travel. Not a bad thing in and of itself obviously. However, now the LCCs are becoming 'mainline' in terms of number of passengers flown and they have now started referring to 'Ultra Low Cost Carriers' coming into the market.
This continuing reduction in comfort, service, health and safety applies everywhere (so don't move this to the Air Canada forum please). How low are you willing to go?
Norwegian didn’t cause this “race to the bottom” in passenger service in the main; the ultimate responsibility for that rests with the legacy majors being given too many governmental waivers and favors and there being too much power in the hands of the large network carriers with government-allowances to collude against consumers.