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The Cartels Running Up Transatlantic Airfares

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@unkokrispy From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 24
8:12 STUTTGART JAAAAAAAAA!!!
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@salty8289 From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 44
Yup, I've heard of enough. The cartels gotta go.
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Delta's argument was basically "they got to be anticompetitive first, so it's not fair not to let us do it too."
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@seq31 From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 9
Funny how their argument about how they will be more competitive, is just the description of how they will compete less…
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Delta used to fly JFK to BRU, the only connection from Brussels to New York that isn't star alliance. They use AMS and CDG as a hub, and killed that route in January.
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…and that’s why Jet Lag hasn’t played a game in which the players fly back and forth across the Atlantic.
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Having just watched the American Airlines is losing money video, it all makes sense now how they’re seemingly not as concerned as they probably should be
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@T248z From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 18
This channel alone inspired me to do my dissertation around the effects of the pandemic on private airline economics. It was 2020 and there was no academic literature yet. Amazing choice
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@AtomicSX9 From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 125
RIP Norwegian, flew them several times from NYC to Europe before they exited the US market.
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Well, y'all know the drill - if it doesn't have planes, it ain't a Wendover video.
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Immediately I was like "Ah right, the Star Alliance"

I hate them so much.
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the norwegian era was a great time to live in london as an american needing frequent low cost transatlantic flights 18:36
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@whypick1_ From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 184
I was confused that EWR was mentioned in the first few minutes without it being insulted a half dozen times before realizing this isn't the HAI channel.
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@benoftheweek From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 1200
norwegian we still talk about you….
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@DrHenrik From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 931
brussles, lh, swiss, ita, discover, and austrian are literally all owned by lufthansa so its really only lh and united
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The missing element in the "why are the regulators allowing this?" question is Regulatory Capture. A huge effort has been put into lobbying the regulators, funding the politicians that appoint them, creating a revolving door between the regulators and the corporation, and "promoting" interpretations of the law that are friendly to monopolists.
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@jonnyroden From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 1300
So which one of them got annoyed enough by all the star alliance signs on their way home from the last jetlag season to write this video?
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Honestly, when I read this title I was sure it was about actual drug cartels selling drugs from the US to the EU.
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Wendover & Planes : A couple that never breaks up

Edit : Thanks for so many likes
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@Spacemongerr From YouTube ↗ 21 Feb 2026 2900
I see Sam is upset that he has to increase the budget for Jet Lag