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A comment on Airlines Are Backing Volantio (YC W09), a Startup That Could Fix Overbooking. Parent comment

Re:Airlines Are Backing Volantio (YC W09), a Startup That Co... by toomuchtodo on Saturday April 14, 2018 @03:05PM (#16838867)
The US airlines industry is a public utility that attempts to operate (poorly) as private corporations.
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Re:Airlines Are Backing Volantio (YC W09), a Startup That Co... by hueving on Saturday April 14, 2018 @03:32PM (#16838992)
Not quite because adding new companies and routes is significantly easier than laying new utilities.
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Re:Airlines Are Backing Volantio (YC W09), a Startup That Co... by toomuchtodo on Saturday April 14, 2018 @03:50PM (#16839100)
It barely ever turns a profit over the long term was my point.
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