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Old Jan 18, 2017 | 2:46 pm
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Originally Posted by PV_Premier

Delta introduced theirs to much "fanfare" in early 2016, and were (of course) followed by United late last year. AA joins the fray today.
Delta introduced Basic Economy fares in March, 2012.

http://news.delta.com/basic-economy

When you're the #5 airline and 3 of your 4 largest competitors have them, you have to offer them too - presuming AA and UA's implementations are successful.
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