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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (487971)6/14/2009 5:52:12 PM
From: i-node   of 1574623
 
But, no interest. So, what they wound up with was using the same technology, flying at normal speed for longer range and lower cost per passenger-mile.

Airlines have a very tough proposition to make money at all, and the industry has never made money.

It is a capital-intensive business that also has major union problems. Add to that the fuel costs that are up and down and the entire industry is doomed to failure.

So, if they can save a few dollars here an there they really have to do it. Even with the massive government subsidies in the form of airports, traffic control, etc., the business model just doesn't work. Never has. Never will.
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