AC named in 'overpricing conspiracy' lawsuit
Jul 17, 2015, 7:23 am
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UA has several of those types of arrangements and the cowboy above should be looking at his favourite airline he flies all the time instead of the one he studiously avoids
Jul 17, 2015, 10:18 am
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Using Toronto-SF as the poster child for air sector monopoly is as laughable as including an airline expanding at record levels in a capacity restriction lawsuit
Delta, American etc don't fly YYZ<>SFO non-stop because they'd rather stick to routes that have a fighting chance of returning profit.
Westjet doesn't serve YYZ<>SFO because they'd get crushed by AC's feed on both ends, frequency, and dominance on the route.
Let's not be silly here . . . . I mean, Montreal and Dallas are 2 huge cities. Does AA have a monoploy on the route? OR, Do they just have a gigantic network beyong DFW and a WS codeshare on the YUL end rendering n/s viable while others (including AC) can't make it work
Delta, American etc don't fly YYZ<>SFO non-stop because they'd rather stick to routes that have a fighting chance of returning profit.
Westjet doesn't serve YYZ<>SFO because they'd get crushed by AC's feed on both ends, frequency, and dominance on the route.
Let's not be silly here . . . . I mean, Montreal and Dallas are 2 huge cities. Does AA have a monoploy on the route? OR, Do they just have a gigantic network beyong DFW and a WS codeshare on the YUL end rendering n/s viable while others (including AC) can't make it work
Jul 17, 2015, 10:45 am
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NO, that is called collusion.
Jul 17, 2015, 2:28 pm
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As a former senior executive of a large Canadian carrier whose name is not Air Canada posted on another forum about this suit:
A first year economics student could create a presentation with a day's research and have this case thrown out of court in about 20 minutes.
Complete and utter nonsense.
Complete and utter nonsense.
Jul 17, 2015, 7:50 pm
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As for what senior Canadian airline executives say about anti-competing behaviour lawsuits, are they going to admit wrongdoing? One wonders if the notion of competition is even compatible with their worldview, what with aviation being compared to dairy supply management by one of the senior most among them.
Any first year economics student would point out that a significant capacity increase in a mature market would cause the market to wobble. Havent seen any sign of that in the domestic market. There are questions that ought to be asked.
Jul 18, 2015, 1:58 am
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Price gouging may be a moral concept, but anti-competitive behaviour is a legal concept.
As for what senior Canadian airline executives say about anti-competing behaviour lawsuits, are they going to admit wrongdoing? One wonders if the notion of competition is even compatible with their worldview, what with aviation being compared to dairy supply management by one of the senior most among them.
Any first year economics student would point out that a significant capacity increase in a mature market would cause the market to wobble. Havent seen any sign of that in the domestic market. There are questions that ought to be asked.
As for what senior Canadian airline executives say about anti-competing behaviour lawsuits, are they going to admit wrongdoing? One wonders if the notion of competition is even compatible with their worldview, what with aviation being compared to dairy supply management by one of the senior most among them.
Any first year economics student would point out that a significant capacity increase in a mature market would cause the market to wobble. Havent seen any sign of that in the domestic market. There are questions that ought to be asked.
Jul 18, 2015, 8:30 am
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In a similar vein, how often have you seen class action suits against gasoline retailers who match prices penny for penny everywhere. That is truly anti competitive but every few years the federal pretends to take an interest in that pricing and then goes back to sleep.
Jul 18, 2015, 8:37 am
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Jul 18, 2015, 8:47 am
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Jul 18, 2015, 3:42 pm
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Jul 18, 2015, 9:34 pm
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