Another Virtue of One Plane: Volume Discounts
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Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at 11:00 AM
I wrote yesterday that one possible drawback to Southwest's exclusive reliance on the Boeing 737 family of planes is that it might leave them excessively under the thumb of Boeing.
Pascal-Emannuel Gobry citing the precedent of EasyJet's similar relationship with the Airbus 320 family says in practice it works the other way, letting airlines scoop up bulk discounts.
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