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Old Nov 13, 2019 | 7:06 am
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Originally Posted by Pascoe
I have no issue with it personally - as others have said it is what it is - simply supply and demand. And therefore unless everyone wants higher fares, one has to concede that it is the airlines right (shareholders would say obligation) to engage in various aspects of revenue management.
Of course, the evidence from short-haul is that the abolition of minimum stay requirements, pioneered by the LCCs, has led to lower fares, not higher ones.
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