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Old Dec 27, 2021 | 4:01 pm
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Originally Posted by moondog
They can still make more money by flying their big planes to/from Shanghai than ATL-LAS.
Yes indeed.

DL can charge average $5,000 per ticket for DTW-ICN-PVG. That's more than $1 million per flight, even at 75% capacity cap imposed by CAAC.

If AA/UA can handle crew issues to satisfy China, DL should be able to deal with it as well.
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