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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by hannasanarion on Monday January 06, 2020 @04:32PM (#21973572)
Which is what we already have at the consumer end of airline pricing. The economy seats on an airplane put together aren't enough to pay for the cost of fuel. Business and first class passengers are the only ones that make the airlines any money.
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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by caoilte on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:29PM (#21975285)
Given I've regularly flown on flights where over half the plane were business/first I'm not sure that necessarily means what it seems.
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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by hannasanarion on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @08:56AM (#21979880)
Half the seats, or half the volume?
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