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by aruanavekar 1132 days ago
airline industry has some cost-cutting to do, overall the high vacation costs have to come down for people to afford.
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They have incredible pricing power at the moment. Demand > supply, people who cannot afford will be priced out. Two questions will be when will the consumer be exhausted and tapped out, and how elastic is aggregate demand between AirBnB and traditional hotel accomodations.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-08/us-flight...

https://archive.is/aTyGm

Margins on most fully booked flights are already sub 3% on major U.S. carriers, there's no fat left to trim unless fuel or labor get cheaper.