In terms of the cost aspect, insufficient competition also means that the ability of airlines to pass on costs is somewhat limited when you look at oligopolistic pricing. In terms of deterring airlines from certain routes, you know, operating an airline is not a charity. At the same time, they provide a service, and that service has to be reliable.
We also have to weigh the concerns of how much damage there is and how much it actually costs the economy when passengers don't get to their destinations on time and they get stranded. How much lost productivity does that mean? We should think in terms of how we can help the airlines become more reliable and what kinds of infrastructure grants and development funding can be provided to airlines to become efficient, rather than worry about them abandoning routes.