Originally Posted by
cashash
Well the argument is that with these multinational groups with diverse ownership patterns then if the airline cannot survive the Government should just nationalise the UK part.
they can then merge, them, so there is 1 full service long haul, 1 low cost short haul and 1 beach holiday charter type....3 airlines per country max, all on the lowest T&Cs of each get rid of thousands of crew and office staff, bankrupt a few lessor by returning hundreds of aircraft. run for 5 years then start selling bits off again to get some cash back into the government coffers?
Even more complex with the tour operators however, since of course the tour operator is needed for the airline to operate, they can't be treated as separate and many have functions spread across the various countries. They will be a bigger challenge than the scheduled airlines, but guess they could just close the airlines and hope the tour operators survive and force them to fly passengers on the other 2 airlines (shorthaul low cost and longhaul full service)