A recent attempt to book flights from Spain to Germany and Portugal favoured Lufthansa and TAP versus Easy/ Air Berlin and Ryanair. . . . . . Bu u u u u t, the prices offered by LH &TAP would NEVER have existed without the loco's pushing them down. I remember well in the mid 90's whilst working on a contract with no concessionary travel , having the choice of paying the equivalent of 500e for a return from CDG - BCN with Air Frog, or paying 500e return with Iberia, times have really changed, and unless you really book at the very last minute, or insist on travelling Fri night to Sun night you would now be unlucky 16 years later to pay any more than 150e (as long as you can accept BVA as being Paris, & GRO as being BCN . . .ish
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