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May 26, 2008 | 7:32 am

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DownUnderFlyer

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Originally Posted by TerryK

CMB flights are mostly for cargo. Airlines can make money with an empty cabin but a full cargo load. In fact, you can only have limited cabin load with a full cargo load. The flight will continue as long as there is healthy cargo load. The same applies to SQ CMB flights.@:-)

Thanks for the info! @:-) This explains a lot. Didn't think about the cargo component. And loading in CMB actually took quite a while.
CMB is also the first airport I have seen where the duty free shops stock washing machines.

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