Originally Posted by
futuramadramallama
Of course, BA is a completely different bird... very different operation, stakeholders, customer demographic, etc. But just pointing out it can be done on even a large carrier. (Southwest sometimes likes to encourage the image that it's some kind of small provincial carrier, but in the peak of the pre-pandemic summer it does over 4000 flights a day lolol. Almost completely lower-48 domestic. And it doesn't have the kind of ten quid fares the ULCCs in Europe have which one might buy on a lark.)
Here's to hoping (but I am not keeping my hopes up too much) that the management people at least consider it. Flying has undoubtedly changed to a degree unimaginable in 2019, so this could be a way for airlines to adapt to a different market. I can't honestly see them go back to a 2019 "business as usual" in the next decade at least, if ever. And it is not just the pandemic per se that is/will be causing questions/problems/changes: inflation is skyrocketing, the economy is in turmoil, and obviously ecological considerations also come into play...