Ahead of the 2028 Olympics, Brightline West is spending $21 billion to build high-speed rail between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. What happens to flights when it launches?
But the infrastructure story is boring compared to the actual story, which is that the economics of sub-500-mile airline routes in America just fundamentally shifted.
Few in the aviation blogosphere is writing about what happens to Southwest’s Vegas strategy. Or how Spirit and Frontier lose a major revenue segment, one that they both desperately need to retain. What happens to Las Vegas tourism when the LA-to-Vegas corridor converts from mostly air traffic to mostly rail?
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.
