Old 05-05-2020, 06:16 AM
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iahflyr
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Big disclaimer...Based on yields from last year.

You could have 90% loads right now and not even break even because tickets are so cheap.

There is a lot of excess capacity in the system that needs to be reduced before airlines can return to profitability. I keep reminding people that even if miraculously a vaccine was released today, somehow manufactured for 8 billion people overnight, and magically distributed to everyone tomorrow, we would still be in an economic recession with tens of millions of jobless in the US alone.

COVID-19 was the tipping point. The economic recession (or depression if it gets there) is now what the airlines must fight.
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