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Old Apr 8, 2019, 1:32 pm
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Originally Posted by BLazarus22
Fine, but from the perspective of it being back in the schedule 6/6 twice daily that's not really the point. The route is coincidentally where Boeing is HQ (until they fly to PAE) as well as it being a popular route for B6, DL, and UA. Why would they cut that over the many other short range 737 services they run?
Well, they can probably make decent money in the summer with cruise-related traffic (although it's not always the highest-yielding, see FLL). Other times, I guess not so much. Plus, it's probably more profitable to fly 2-3 shorter-haul flights with a given aircraft than one transcon.
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