Honestly, having tried Lufthansa, Ryanair and Swissair within the last 9 months, I expect either bailouts or bankruptcies for non-low cost carriers in Europe. I

Honestly, having tried Lufthansa, Ryanair and Swissair within the last 9 months, I expect either bailouts or bankruptcies for non-low cost carriers in Europe. IMO the "medium" flying experience has completely evaporated, you either settle for bad quality for cheap(i.e just get me there) or pay insane amounts to fly private/first class. Problem is that a lot of the flights that are now lowcost quality are still being priced like it is a medium quality flight, and at least from personal conversations flyers are no longer willing to bite. That said I did hear only positive things about Eastern European carriers(LOT especially), so maybe they will take over.