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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 11:36 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by StudentExplorer:
After a trip to South Africa last year, i was just thinking how underserved the entire region is. I realize that as is, few airlines elsewhere have comprehensive service to Africa. But no service at all from a US airline?

Did any US airlines ever serve points in Africa?

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Probably a shortage of high-yield traffic. If it was there, you can bet that UA, AA and everyone else would be falling over themselves to fly to Africa.
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