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A comment on Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Increase Ticket Prices. Parent comment

Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by AlphaSite on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @07:15AM (#13308622)
Because they don't get special deals on the fuel and huge government loans to get started off (and good locations for hubs).
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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by snrplfth on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:13AM (#13309221)
And because foreign airlines are generally prohibited from providing domestic service inside the US, which is the substantial majority of the overall market.
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