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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 11:38 am
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
This has always bothered me. So put in a codeshare agreement and new demand is magically created, driving incremental revenue? I don't think these codeshares grow the market, so the revenue is coming from somebody else.
Well, it's the reach, and yes, the revenue is coming from somebody else. The hope is it's from a non-alliance competitor.
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