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Old Feb 1, 2007, 1:36 pm
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Originally Posted by mattkorey
I think it might have been "perceived" that way by some, but I think we all know that if it in fact was greatly successful it would not have been assimilated back into Delta. It was not doing well before it was halted as Song Airlines.
Actually, DL reabsorbed it as part of its business model; not to mention running a subfleet is never cost-effective. DL is also short of aircraft badly in general - especially when it comes to long haul fleet...
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