Quote: "My point is that Corsair's main business (unlike BA/VS/AF for example) is charter and full-service scheduled flights are basicly "on the side" in other worlds it is like French equivalent of Thomson, Air Europa business puts charter and scheduled on equal terms, so it is a "hybrid carrier" like Monarch (which like UIX is owned by a travel operator)
BA and VS charter work is "on the side" its main business is still operating full-service scheduled flights (although VS has close ties with travel operator Virgin Holidays)
Oh dear, that's just splitting hairs. Sounds like a lost argument.
Quote: "So my case stands that pretty much none of Europe's nations can sustain any more than 1 full-service carrier, apart from Germany (due to the cold war) and Britain"
You appear to have all the answers (not necessarily all correct of course!), so perhaps you would like to enlighten the rest of us why you believe that only the UK and Germany in Europe can sustain more than one full service carrier.
Last edited by Fairdealfrank; 25th Nov 2012 at 00:09.