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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 12:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Nottingham Nick
Another way of looking at it, I suppose.

You see spin - I see common sense.

If they are losing money on a route that so many carriers fly, it seems daft not to step back until the loads are likely to pick up.
Oh, no question that it is common sense. However, knowing the people who likely made this decision and the blood that they had to shed in order to get into Mumbai to begin with, I am pretty confident that there is nothing temporary about this suspension. A chapter has been closed, for better or for worse.
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