Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
Difference there is ATC is a monopoly. All air routes are competitive at one level or another. The issue is that private equity now has to compete with a government financed airline which is basically impossible.
I don't think its impossible. If anything, private enterprise will generally offer more competitive pricing as they are more efficient at doing things and the government enterprise will continue on the 'loss making' routes as they are obligated to serve such routes.
Example: when Optus first brought telecommunications competition to Australia and had to compete with government owned Telstra (then called Telecom Australia). Optus offered cheaper pricing in the cities etc, but Telecom had to still provide services in areas where Optus couldn't make a go of it.