Unfortunately and incredibly the world has been brainwashed into believing that flying airplanes is cheap!
Joe public totally accept paying $20 a day to park their car at the airport but expect to fly for $20 also. A week away will cost them $140 in parking but try to get $140 out of them for a ticket and they complain like mad.
Until and unless we excape this madness and educate people that flying costs money, huge money I fear little will change.
What other industry is there that is so highly regulated, requires millions to invest to get going, entrusts peoples lives yet struggles to return a 1 or 2% profit? That is why with a 5 or 10% downturn they are all in trouble.
All the time an hour with Mr Boeing costs less than on a bus or taxi the result is inevitable.