Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
Report on CH Aviation about MOL saying Ryanair would consider buying up airlines with between 10 and 50 aircraft, and the company becoming a holding group
Obvious questions:
1 - why ?
2 - who would be likely companies of interest ?
Why because gives you access to certain markets that you currently not serving and allows someone else to build it up to a certain level before buying. Also a name may mean more in a certain market than Ryanair i.e. Lauda.
Also which is frequently overlooked is that enables you to train management team, give people responsibility for a small airline and see have they the capability to doing something bigger or not as the case may be.
Additionally you can trial things in different markets to see what people like and don't like be it baggage charges, seating plans etc etc