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Old Jul 15, 2008, 7:53 am
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DHAST
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by gte157q
and you wonder why the legacies are losing money left and right.... i've noticed many of these situations where the fares simply defy all logic. ATL-ROA round trip is over $1000, CHS-ATL-ROA-ATL-CHS is less than $500. i'm no economist but that makes no sense to me. people will say its because of competition in various markets, but i say if the other guy is charging $500 and breaking even and i'm charging $500 and losing money, let the other guy have the passenger and save me the weight rather than fly him around just for the sake of losing money
Heck, even defining how much it actually costs to fly a passenger is a feat unto itself.
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