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> airlines or the airports If only they were the only choice! I would put the fault firmly in the hands of the bureaucrats or the politicians in the EU. This r
by AdamJacobMuller 5y ago
> airlines or the airports
If only they were the only choice! I would put the fault firmly in the hands of the bureaucrats or the politicians in the EU. This rule made sense pre-pandemic but it should have been adjusted for the current environment to something more like a right-of-first-refusal.
- skohan 5y agoIt's a bit of a hard problem isn't it? Flights and airport capacity have to be planned very far in advance and there are a limited number of slots - if you have airlines taking capacity and not using it, there's a huge opportunity cost for actual travelers who have to pay more, or can't get somewhere, because a necessary flight has been pushed out by an unnecessary one? It seems to me these kind of rules have a place, but should be expanded to take slots away from airlines which operate lots of mostly empty flights, not just cancellations. Of course I do think exceptions should be made for extraordinary circumstances like a pandemic.
- landemva 5y agoWalt Disney owns their amusement parks and seems to do okay balancing capital costs and visitor demand. Why should anyone think governments have a special ability to own and operate airports?