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November, 2011

Bad Business

The harsh reality of the airline industry's negative earnings.
Just in case you thought running and airline was a good business, the FT puts that to rest:
Warren Buffett’s quip about how shooting down the Wright brothers would have been a great service to capitalism is backed up by ugly numbers. In the entire recorded history of the US airline industry, cumulative earnings have been negative $33bn.
[Via @jkalifowitz]
November 30, 2011
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