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Railroad Recession & Airline Boom | Jay Shabat on Planes & Trains

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The Effects of COVID Lockdowns on Airline Demand

I think a lot of airlines would have really struggled. Maybe some would have gone bankrupt had it not been for the extraordinary amount of government assistance in March and April 2020. And so, some consolidation in the airline industry. And also some business tactics to kind of tame the volatility. You mentioned the points will sell that in the forward market. I mean, obviously has hasing fuel costs. And then the joint ventures point is a great point. I didn't know about, but I think a few years ago there was an air-travel crisis called COVID. The whole basically earth was, you know, air airlines, air travel just froze.

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