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This Made Flying Absolute Hell but It’s About to Change

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For forty years, flying in America suited airlines but created a new hell for passengers. That system is now under attack and it’s about time.

America’s airlines have had a good pandemic.

Early forecasts that they might not survive the drastic curtailment of air travel following lockdowns were wrong. Certainly, the impact was serious.

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