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Old Feb 12, 2019 | 10:40 am
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Originally Posted by Globaliser
They all do it, because they are all working on the same model: indirect itineraries are less valuable and therefore cheaper than non-stop itineraries. That is the model which could be endangered for all network airlines if Lufthansa were to lose the case. If it becomes unprofitable for BA to offer current ex-EU prices and they are no longer available, and it becomes unprofitable for LH to offer current ex-LON prices and they are no longer available, who wins?
I do not agree. If Lufthansa loses, nothing changes compared to how it is today. If Lufthansa wins, then the ex-EU traveller who drops the final leg is in trouble. Actually, I think it's far more about market protection than anything else. Airlines want to make it more difficult for consumers to justify going out of their way for an ex-EU, ex-UK, or ex-Anything in favour of paying monopolised prices for direct flights. It's all only about money. On FT we want to game it in our favour. The airlines want to game it in their favour. All fair, and as it is right now, still fun.
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