Lavdumper - I think I'd prefer Go's £4m profit (and Ryanair's and easyJet's very much larger ones) to United's US$1.16
billion loss!
Incidentally, I think you'll find that it was indeed Go - and not EZY - that
toontartcart was referring to.
overstress - whilst some might prefer the full service airlines, they tend to flock to the cheap'n'cheerful crowd when economics dictate it. Like it or not, the only airlines that are making money right now are the regionals and the low fare carriers - everyone else is haemmoraging red ink.
So, whenever you travel, you always only pay full F, J or Y fares do you? If not, you're depending on others to subsidise you - which explains why those carriers aren't doing too well!