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Big mistake. They would have been able to be better competitors. Spirit is junk
Spirit is worse than riding a Greyhound Bus
Southwest, United, American and Delta will sent the judge a thank you card.
Yeah, that’s basically where we’re at.
We have The Big 4, and then we have a host of secondary airlines. With few exceptions*, America’s secondary airlines aren’t big enough to do anything but fill niches that The Big 4 doesn’t want. When Big 4 airlines want routes that a secondary airlines developed, they use their size and power to run the secondary airline out of the market. There’s little Big 4 airlines from using secondary airlines as free market research.
The Federal Government needs to do one of two things: 1.) breakup the ‘The Big 4’ or 2.) allow smaller airlines to consolidate such that they can meaningfully compete with The Big 4.
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*JetBlue is an exception in that it has been able to meaningfully compete with Delta in New York & Boston. Alaska Airlines and Hawaii Airlines are also for some West Coast routes – they’re both legacy airlines who fly well-developed, niche routes and have loyal customers. Maybe Frontier is competitive with United at Denver? Outside of that, it’s bleak.