Originally Posted by
ILS27LEFT
We all agree that this is the Mother of all Crises for the global economy and especially for all travel related businesses. The question of this post is about survival. Governments will save what must be saved to allow the economy to bounce back. This means that we will have to go back to nationalised airlines. No country can survive and prosper without a national carrier that can cover business essential routes, including cargo etc but also unprofitable routes must be covered e.g. domestically.
Not just airlines..........I think that will have to carry over to the airports as well.
BAA got sold off, then that got forced to sell off by the competition regs, how many of these UK airports will survive this with no money coming in from Duty Free or landings fees etc.,etc....??