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Part One: Frank Lorenzo: The Man Who Ruined Air Travel

Behind the Bastards

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The Paradox of the Air Travel Industry

Cab was fundamentally pretty anti-competitive it works out this system with all of the major airlines. There's little ones where you're just kind of flying within a state and the little airlines They're kind of there are a lot less regulated. Big airlines aren't allowed to do this right if you're flying interstate and international route routes You like can't offer one kind of ticket for a flight Which makes everything simple when you're booking a plane. But it also means the system is horribly inefficient because since the big airlines are just kind of offering one ticket price For each flight, cab says.

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