Originally Posted by
vikingivesterled
I am well aware that Ryanair states they have the lowest costs in the industry. But that has nothing to do with my post. Everybody can fly profitably at 66% load. They just need a higher average fare.
True but how do you get 66% load?. To get 2 meters separation that takes the load down to 40% or less. For any airline to run a profitable operation on 40% load factor the prices will need to be astronomical - basically you are talking about the whole aircraft having 1st class densities.