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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 1:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Science Goy
They aren't pushing DL out, but rather enabling air service to other markets not currently served. If DL is making a profit now, there's still a pretty good chance they'll make a profit when AA begins service. For this reason I suspect their threats of leaving are a bunch of hot air.
More than likely naive local governments that thought they could have their cake and eat it too. A more logical approach would have been offer DL and AA both incentives to add service -- perhaps DL to SLC. O

How do you know how AA's service will impact DL?
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