Originally Posted by
cauchy
The elephant in the room is BA's truly terrible on-time performance at JNB. Unfortunately, this is what happens when there's neither proper competition nor effective regulation.
I'm not sure I'd like to live in a world in which airlines feel forced to prioritise punctuality over trivia like airworthiness by either competitive pressures or regulatory measures.
On the latter point, 261/2004 applies in any event to BA's flights both on LHR-JNB and JNB-LHR. What additional regulation would you like to see to force better timekeeping? And why would JNB require a different regulatory regime from that on any other route which BA operates and which is also already subject to 261/2004?