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an international air carrier plans to purchase a jumbo-class air craft to serve the chicago-london city pair .restrictions in landing slots at heathrow airport allowed

an international air carrier plans to purchase a jumbo-class air craft to serve the chicago-london city pair .restrictions in landing slots at heathrow airport allowed the purchase of five landing/take-off slots , one per week day . the carrier does not intend to offer weekend service .the following table presents passenger demand estimates anf fares charged by competitors :

trip five-weekday demand one-way fare ($)
chicago-london-chicago 975 400
chicago-london 230 680
london-chicago-london 880 475
london-chicago 400 775

the round trip chicago-london-chicago is 13,000 km , and the air craft choises and costs are :

aircraft seating capicity oper.cost seat-km fixed cost/year
B-747 385 2.75 cent $4.5 million
DC-10 235 2.97 cent $3.7 million

should the airline enact service and which aircraft should be chosen? solve based on profit maximization .

Whether chicago - london people re subset of the people who have confirmed for the return ticket. And same case with the london - chicago? yes i think ,solve it like if it's or it's not

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