If possible,
EZYA319, do slot in how a certain big airline finally had to give up their spoilt brat tactics and compete! They had to improve their cabins and service and, ultimately, benefitted. Much of their corporate activity was the SOP of:
- Undermine / Bad mouth
- Cut prices
- Squeeze out the competition
- If that does not work, buy them up and then shut them down
- etcetera
You see this in all large corporates trying to protect their monopoly. Food and drinks companies, supermarkets, IT, newspapers - they all do it.