Originally Posted by
fartoomanyusers
I think Simon is going over the top a little!
With global flight demand easing, I suspect that these cancellations will have marginal impact on pricing - other than at Christmas / New Year.
"Marginal impact" does not mean "no increase", and even you think that prices at Christmas might rise. I'm not sure you're disagreeing with Simon Calder at all.
Even if British Airways sends only a couple of dozen passengers a day to each of those Qatar Airways departures, fares for the rest of us will rise and availability will fall. The same applies to Malaysia Airlines, which will pick up the BA travellers who have been told the launch of flights from Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur has been cancelled for now. And while London-New York is awash with capacity, taking 300-plus seats out of the market will make Christmas and New Year flights even more expensive.