(14 Dec 2024, 8:23 pm)Andreos1 wrote Photos or it didn't happen.
As I've said repeatedly, there's absolutely nothing stopping the operators doing something themselves with the fares.
If easyjet, Ryanair et al can make money by charging low fares, I don't know why the bus industry can't.
The idea that I'd want to travel to Gdansk, a random airfield in northern Italy or sit on a cramped aircraft to an obscure town in Slovenia is beyond comprehension.
But the 99p fares or whatever they're offering drives demand and they make money.
And I (and many others) decide to travel to those places.
Quite why the bus industry needs to rely on a hand out and then still struggle shows how behind the times they really are.
Not sure airlines are a good comparison mind, they're only cheap because they charge you for literally everything else.
I'm still in the mind that singles should be more expensive to force you onto cheaper longer term tickets - sadly these tickets don't exist though and if you're a frequent traveller you're being punished because Johnny who goes to the pub once a week is where all the money is...?
It'll be interesting to see how Arriva act on this mind, since their fares are substantially dearer than the new railway line.