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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 5:26 pm
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Originally Posted by jrl767
probably because the operating cost of a 737 is rather greater than that of a Q4
Yep. WN tried 737s on similar routes (SEA-GEG, BOI-GEG, PDX-GEG). They pulled back.

Q400s are really in a good place in terms of operating cost up to about ~400 miles.
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