Originally Posted by
marlowe
So why doesnt IAG do to BA what it did to Iberia? ie. Iberia run long haul and Iberia express run short haul ? After all it was the BACityflyer business model they used to set up Iberia Express
Err...
BA Cityflyer: essentally the BA shorthaul product
Iberia Express: essentially the Iberia shorthaul product
BA Cityflyer: smaller aircraft than mainline
Iberia Express: same size aircraft as mainline
BA Cityflyer: different airport to mainline hub
Iberia Express: same airport as mainline hub
BA Cityflyer: essentially all point-to-point
Iberia Express: feeding the mainline hub
BA Cityflyer: formed to defend high-yield market
Iberia Express: formed to reduce feeder costs because there is a negotiated limit on how much capacity Vueling can operate with an IB code share
Not having a go, but IB Express doesn't look much like BA Cityflyer to me - are there other aspects of the business model that are closer, that I'm missing?