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Old 5th Mar 2012, 11:55
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Why don't all Airlines compete on a route?

I've just booked a return flight from Munich to Hong Kong. There is a non-stop with LH but generally I don't mind changing planes if there's an advantage in price or comfort. Most booking websites listed the usual suspects (either via London or the Gulf states) but what surprised me was the complete lack of competitive prices from Thai or Singapore Airlines. Perhaps, because both are Star Alliance, they want to keep out of the way of LH, but Air China and Turkish (also *A) were making competitive offers.
As there was a discussion on this forum recently about non-direct routings frequently being cheaper, is there any obvious reason why Thai and Singapore don't want to compete aggressively on such a route? Perhaps they're doing so well...
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