Originally Posted by
Arthur D
I don’t subscribe to the ‘cheap seats at the back’ model any more than putting an Ibis inside a Hyatt hotel. They are completely different business models appealing to completely different segments of the market. Yes, the outcome is the same, a nights rest (hopefully), but that’s about it.
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Yeah... you only have to look at the business models of some the largest airlines in the world (i.e. not Qantas) to see that a LCC sub is not required to be successful. The US3 is doing just fine. In fact AA is doing so well without an LCC sub that it is, quote their CEO, "(n)ever going to lose money again".