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Old Nov 4, 2002 | 6:00 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by anonplz:
Why is flying to Montreal, per mile, more than six times as expensive as flying to London??</font>
Market forces. Supply and Demand.

Additionally, you're looking at a single fare with no idea what percentage of the seats on those routes go for that price. For a realistic comparison you need to compare yield (average fare paid per mile) for each route. As you know, the average often varies significantly from any single data point.

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