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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 9:19 pm
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ELY001
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Originally Posted by awayIgo
I also highly doubt the flight would have been full. The 008 is ALWAYS a 747. The 20th is a Tuesday so you do not have the passengers returning home for the weekend. It is a tourist flight. Speaking with friends in the tourism business, it is unfortunately full of cancellations.
According to this recent article that is simply not true. http://www.travelweekly.com/Middle-E...ake-advantage/

"Richard Krieger, president of tour operator IsramWorld, said, “Thankfully, we have witnessed very few individual cancellations and no cancellations with regards to groups … [and] we have not seen a slowdown in inquiries for future travel.” However, the the other people interviewed did state that while current cancellations have not been numerous, inquiries for future bookings are down.
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