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Old 13th Feb 2004, 23:33
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The US has nothing to gain from the opening up of EU "internal" passenger traffic.

Why would SWA go to the trouble of setting up a parallel EU operation when EZ and Rhino are already entrenched?

Granted, more capacity could lower pricing BUT the trade off would be gridlock, which would benefit no-one (like LGA a couple of years ago, but much worse), and a race to the bottom for the airlines that could offer the cheapest (below profitable) cost.

I can see Leery Micky, Stavros and the big Sir Dick claiming that EU-US open skies would be a win-win.

Kinda like the British auto/motorcycle industry did regarding export, until the Japanese (and others) figured out how to bury it.

History teaches us, be careful what you ask for.

Cheers,dd
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