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Old Feb 27, 2020 | 9:53 pm
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Originally Posted by A318neo
Only if a similar market is opened. For example, allowing Irish or French carriers into the US harms Americans unless US carriers are allowed into the entire EU. As far as the Asia Pacific, trading US domestic access for full domestic and international access to New Zealand / Australia / Singapore / Taiwan / Japan / South Korea / Brunei might be ok but not US and NZ alone. Singapore Airlines could buy JetBlue. Southwest could start a focus city in Singapore, Adelaide, and Brisbane.
Lets go further...why restrict it to AIRLINES? If folks want the benefits they think will come from foreign airlines having unrestricted access to US domestic markets, then shouldn't ALL US markets be opened to similar unrestricted foreign penetration? Wouldn't THAT benefit a lot of people too?
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