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Old Feb 17, 2015 | 9:58 am
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Originally Posted by zkzkz
...We're reaching the light where there's really no significant excess inventory..
System-wide load factors are in the low 80% range. There are still a substantial number of unsold seats to accommodate last minute walk-up sales, awards, employees, and irregular operations. Not as much as there used to be, but still a reasonably fluid system.

I think it is premature to assume that the industry will not add capacity, especially if there are sustained low fuel costs.
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