Originally Posted by
elitetraveler
I think the history of route competition like this is add more airlines, extra capacity, get more mileage promotions ^
, lower fares ^
, airlines then take huge losses, back off and retrench into their fortress hubs. Fares go up
and fewer mileage promotions
Airlines go back to the drawing board and look for new ways to loose money
I rather suspect you may be right. We like to learn from our mistakes, but only our own. One thing that the state of the world in general shows is that we don't learn from history as well as we would like to think.
As for AF, having met the staff they employ at LHR, if that is the standard they are not a good option to fly with.