Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "The Rigged Economics of Airlines" video.

  1. Cargo is always more profitable -- no humans to provide life support, stretching space, and other comforts to. It's part of the reason for checked bag limits and fees, because scaled to a full plane that could be another one or two ULDs that could have sold as an air waybill instead.
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  2. Hence the rise of new and renovated lounges, and rebuilds of terminals altogether. Probably because a more comfortable ground experience is still cheaper and more practical than trying to do similar inflight.
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