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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 2:59 pm
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Originally Posted by HeathrowGuy
Southwest Airlines has been barely breaking even or losing money for quite some time now, if you subtract the financial upside of their fuel hedging gambles.
LUV has been profitable for 36 consecutive years and delivered profit of over $2 billion over the last five years combined. I don't see how that can reasonably be interpreted as "barely breaking even or losing money for quite some time now" as you characterize it.
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