[StreamBright]

Or let these companies fail and free up the air routes across Europe and create a more efficient company? I do not think that we need to keep bailing out airlines at all. Lufthansa has so many issues, starting with their website, internal problems (try to get an invoice from them), etc. Why do we (the taxpayers) have to pay for their failures of these airlines?

[baq]

how long does it take to build an efficient airline?

why do you think it won't be a net positive for the tax payer? it's literally the government buying low and selling high when this is over.

[StreamBright]

Look at the Asian airlines. Many of them were built recently. My personal favorite is Air Asia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirAsia

[viklove]

Not long, when a massive airline recently went bankrupt and you can purchase their assets at fire sale prices and hire their now-jobless employees.

[ricaud]

If you purchase their assets and hire their jobless employees wouldn’t you still have the same inefficient airline?

[viklove]

Presumable you could choose different routes and a different organizational structure