Originally Posted by
Franky The Anorak
And therein lies the problem. Having been involved in the running of airline information sites for the best part of ten years the issue is that the time taken to get them beyond a certain level is greater than can be achieved on a hobby basis but all attempts at commercialisation meet with user resistance.
When you provide a service for free and then put it behind a paywall people moan. But since the overdue demise of seat guru, aerolopa became the dominant "provider" in that niche. That will have incurred significant costs in both time and money. They can't win.