>I see a handful of identical mega corps with a government protected monopoly (regulations + access to airports) I see the opposite: new, brightly-colored airl

>I see a handful of identical mega corps with a government protected monopoly (regulations + access to airports) I see the opposite: new, brightly-colored airlines seem to pop up every year, each offering substantially the same thing: sub-$100 direct tickets to Florida (and probably other) destinations from low- and mid-tier airports. And they're all catering to the people who these rewards programs are shedding.