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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 10:12 am
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Originally Posted by Steph3n
As far as cost structures go, WN is right up there these days.
If WN's costs are now are high as CO's then the only conclusion you can reach is they're able to sell their tickets for higher prices? Or get significantly higher load factors?

It's always hard to compare the two because of the nature of the routes, but as I said earlier, the legacies have been telling us longer international routes are more profitable than short domestic services. Something is wrong with this picture, and it isn't fuel hedging.
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