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Dollyflopper's avatar

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and in 1970 widebody jets—which lowered costs by carrying more passengers greater distances

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Either you're blowing smoke up our skirts are you're so out of touch with aviation you think Southwest, Spirit, AMR and others are flying 777s between Nashville and Kansas City, Hartford and Orlando, et al.

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E2's avatar

No claim was made about *all* flights. If they use widebody jets to carry more passengers on *any* long routes, they have reduced overall per-passenger costs versus not doing so.

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Brooks Hays's avatar

This title has two too many words in it

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