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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 12:12 am
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ylwae
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Originally Posted by Superguy
Air New Zealand has responded with the launch of a service from Auckland to Europe with a hassle-free transfer at Vancouver, British Columbia, eliminating its long-standing Auckland-Los Angeles-London route. Air Canada is following suit with a nonstop Vancouver-Sydney flight, bypassing its traditional layover in Hawaii, which, in the words of the magazine, "will enable global travelers to avoid the United States." What have we come to?"
Brilliant strategy by the Bush, the DHS, and Kip Hawley. With fewer and fewer international airlines stopping in the US, terr'ists will have fewer and fewer ways to bring their nefarious liquids and shoes in. Brilliant.
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