Old 04-04-2008 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by KiloAlpha
The SAABs make money hand over fist, you have been misinformed.
Secondly why would they put a Q400 on an EAS route that normally sees maybe 40-50% load factors on a SAAB?
The saabs only had a 2-3% profit margin BEFORE the recent gas prices at 100$ a barrel. Well below industry average. Most regionals get a about a 5% profit margin. The Q's a 5-7% profit margin depending on completion, ontime etc.....

I can see some Saabs going bye bye, a while before all of them go...
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