No, it allows them to ratchet up the prices. Say there are 100 rich travellers & 900 poor travellers distributed among 10 airports, and each airport can support 100 people. The remaining airport can raise its prices to price out the poors until only the rich travellers can afford it, allowing it to operate at capacity while securing a higher profit. Obviously this is awful for us, but it’s not a problem for the airport.
Of course, this assumes that they would be willing to fly normal seats, I guess they might not? Presumably there are luxury planes you could use or something.
No, it allows them to ratchet up the prices. Say there are 100 rich travellers & 900 poor travellers distributed among 10 airports, and each airport can support 100 people. The remaining airport can raise its prices to price out the poors until only the rich travellers can afford it, allowing it to operate at capacity while securing a higher profit. Obviously this is awful for us, but it’s not a problem for the airport.
Of course, this assumes that they would be willing to fly normal seats, I guess they might not? Presumably there are luxury planes you could use or something.