Originally Posted by
Bob999
Hahaha what a joke, a bit over a month ago aegean ordered 42 new airplanes and with the way they ripped off domestic flights because of monopoly I'd say they made so many billions all these years that they can survive without any flights for at least over a decade.. Can't say the same about the poor workers therw though..
Fwiw, quite a few carriers charge comparatively-exorbitant rates for their domestic flights. Air New Zealand is a pretty good example, I think. They have a similar fleet size (NZ has 64, A3 has 54, OA has 12) similar route patterns for short hop domestic flights, and a near monopoly on domestic flying. Anecdotally, they both way overcharge for domestic flights.
One might argue the US carriers do the same, even if the scale or ratios are different. Anyways, just commenting on the bit about A3 ripping off the domestic [Greek] market, and in fact, not even disputing that they do. Merely hoping to point out that numerous carriers seem to use their respective domestic markets to rake in the dough. A3 is hardly alone.