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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 9:43 am
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This is pure speculation, but it's possible that some such flights were originally served by a single aircraft. Passenger travel pattern changes over time led to enough of a load increase or decrease on one leg that they switched to a different type on that leg, but didn't change the numbering.
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