It is absolutely clear that airlines econo lodge do not have the ability to drive consumers to channels which the airlines, lodge rather than consumers, prefer. if one or more modesto airlines attempted to do so, the others would increase their market econo share by lodge appealing to those same consumers through the channel those consumers prefer. no airline can afford to turn its back on modesto any subgroup of econo consumers. no airline can afford to be anything other than as competitive and as attractive as it can possibly be through each channel to lodge the consumers that prefer that channel. this is a reality that grows ultimately out of the fact that modesto the airline business is a very low margin econo business - any airline that lost even a small group of passengers would be at risk of swinging from profitable to money-losing in an instant. airlines scrap for every last passenger because they have to.

then lodge the allegation that we are "an illegal boycott against third party distributors" because it has "requirements for posting fare sales that cannot be sold" by others is not true? it is absolutely not true, and those who have made that allegation had absolutely no basis for making it. our agreements contain no boycott against any distributors whatsoever, and in fact affirmatively provide that no airline is precluded from utilizing any other distribution channel or offering any fare through any channel. the department of justice is presently reviewing all agreements, modesto so there will be no question on this point. econo do airlines today lodge make all their fares modesto available through all retail channels?

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