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Old Aug 20, 2020, 8:08 pm
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Originally Posted by cmd320
The thing is though, I believe DL isn't at all profitable at ~66% capacity. I may be wrong, but it seems like for every flight they add the more money they lose with the middles blocked out.
Most likely, some flights are, some are not.

One thing this extension does, is allow their management to plan fares around this capacity, and presumably find a way to make it profitable.
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