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May 26, 2001 | 10:30 am

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RichardMEL

Join Date: Dec 2000

Location: Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

Programs: QF Platinum One (LTG), UA Plat IHG Plat

Posts: 5,836

I can now confirm that 847/848 is indeed toast. The breakeven load was just too high with the weight penalties... one wonders if QF succeeeds with it because of their superior feed/network into MEL and the larger local loyalty there that can drive up yields. Or perhaps they are running at a loss too(doubt it).

A very sad day.

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