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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 12:16 pm
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Originally Posted by eyechip
Hi All,

I am really perplexed as to why VX has reduced the evening departure from LAX-IAD to three days a week. That flight was full virtually every time I was on it. Is it equipment shortage? Or were the load factors just not supporting a daily departure. Very disappointed - as it seems every time I want to book it home it is on a day they do not fly.
When they decided to add SFO/LAX-FLL, they necessarily needed to reduce capacity, since they didn't add more planes and their utilization it pretty good right now.

So, in essence, the answer to your question is "yes, equipment shortage".
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