After the deregulation of the airline industry, the new airlines had a competitive cost advantage over the older ones as:

a. they could practice price discrimination.
b. they did not bear any legacy cost.
c. they enjoyed economies of scale.
d. they had to pay lower fuel surcharge.


B

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