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Old Jun 18, 2014 | 2:58 pm
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roadwarrior84
 
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Originally Posted by dieuwer2
Airlines should know that negotiating with a reactionary government in times of hyperinflation is a losers game. AA should NEVER have operated this long in Venezuela. Had they pulled the plug earlier, the loses would have been substantially less.
CCS-MIA has been, for over 2 decades, a top 5 profit generating route for American, thatīs why they didnīt pull the plug earlier. The problems with the government not paying back only started 2/3 years back.
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