Originally Posted by
skypilot35
Not sure what the subsidy is, but we're FFD. On 6 of 8 flights the passenger count was 50. 2 flights were over 46. Are you saying they sell those seats at a loss. With a 582 million dollar profit, I doubt it.
Because the cost per seat/mile is the highest on 50 seaters, those are the hardest to make money on, even full. Check out UAL investor relations to see how many we are parking this year.
As for subsidies, I'd call paying for all the fuel a subsidy.