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Recent airline mergers in the US have clearly been a net negative for customers, probably for this exact reason. All of the airlines already flew to basically
by valleyer 7y ago
Recent airline mergers in the US have clearly been a net negative for customers, probably for this exact reason. All of the airlines already flew to basically all the major airports, so mergers simply served to reduce competition and worsen prices and quality of service.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoOn the other hand, until the recent consolidation, US airlines were a terrible investment, so perhaps it’s not a viable business without huge economies of scale. There’s even a joke of “how to go from billionaire to millionaire? Buy an airline”.