> Airport food is overpriced, but in-flight markups are even higher. While in the air, carriers have a monopoly on every product, from food to Wi-Fi. To fix this, the law could require that airlines allow several competitors to provide food and entertainment in-flight
This would be a pain in the ass. It would introduce too many transaction costs. It's better to deregulate further and tacitly encourage airplane to un-bundle tickets further. I would never eat plane food even on long trips because the elevation will fuck with my taste buds. Plus most airports have a sick food courts.
As a side note, food courts are awesome because you have the most optimised meal ever. Fries from Macca's, Burgers from hungry Jack's, spicy chicken from a Korean place, and desert from pizza hut. The food court is literally capitalism's greatest accomplishment.
I think the 0 luggage is a bit more dubious of an idea.
Firstly, some people decide to fly at the last minute. So the "pack ahead of time" is problematic if you aren't planing ahead.
What might be in the luggage? A laptop. Cloths. Toothbrush. Miscellaneous personal items. These are items that people use frequently, and may not have a spare of. "I'm going on a flight next week, so I need a second toothbrush, one to pack and one to use until then". That is the sort of inconvenience that adds up across many small items.
Then the luggage needs to be delivered. So you need to deliver it to an airport, and have the some airport baggage collection mess. (Or you could have it delivered to your destination, and get a whole lot of new problems)
You would need to take the extra bag into the nearest post office at least.
If your travel plans are more complicated, say with 4 flights spread over 2 weeks, then your going to end up with several bags being delivered to several places in a confusing mess of logistics. And if you change your plans, and now the bag being delivered from A to B needs to end up at C, then woe betide you.
> Airport food is overpriced, but in-flight markups are even higher. While in the air, carriers have a monopoly on every product, from food to Wi-Fi. To fix this, the law could require that airlines allow several competitors to provide food and entertainment in-flight
This would be a pain in the ass. It would introduce too many transaction costs. It's better to deregulate further and tacitly encourage airplane to un-bundle tickets further. I would never eat plane food even on long trips because the elevation will fuck with my taste buds. Plus most airports have a sick food courts.
As a side note, food courts are awesome because you have the most optimised meal ever. Fries from Macca's, Burgers from hungry Jack's, spicy chicken from a Korean place, and desert from pizza hut. The food court is literally capitalism's greatest accomplishment.
I think the 0 luggage is a bit more dubious of an idea.
Firstly, some people decide to fly at the last minute. So the "pack ahead of time" is problematic if you aren't planing ahead.
What might be in the luggage? A laptop. Cloths. Toothbrush. Miscellaneous personal items. These are items that people use frequently, and may not have a spare of. "I'm going on a flight next week, so I need a second toothbrush, one to pack and one to use until then". That is the sort of inconvenience that adds up across many small items.
Then the luggage needs to be delivered. So you need to deliver it to an airport, and have the some airport baggage collection mess. (Or you could have it delivered to your destination, and get a whole lot of new problems)
You would need to take the extra bag into the nearest post office at least.
If your travel plans are more complicated, say with 4 flights spread over 2 weeks, then your going to end up with several bags being delivered to several places in a confusing mess of logistics. And if you change your plans, and now the bag being delivered from A to B needs to end up at C, then woe betide you.