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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 12:17 am
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Originally Posted by Ber2dca
, but of course Portland has a significant business community with Intel and Nike having major presences in the region. Those companies could be pushing for direct flights to the UK (Similar to no doubt the Austin-LHR route for BA is driven by corporate demand).
I believe one of the reasons the AMS-PDX flight exists is due to the high level of traffic generated from business like Nike who have a big office in Portland and also AMS. A friend at Nike refers to it as the Nike staff shuttle.
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