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mark occomore



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:11 am    Post subject: XL Airlines No More Reply with quote

Another Airline company packs it's bags.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7611639.stm

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Another 85,000 holiday makers are stranded aboard, and still were trading before midnight on Thursday.
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mark occomore



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bruce Dickinson lead singer of Iron Maiden has been flying XL Passengers home on his own chartered flight. This too help the struggled company who went bust on Friday. He also flew home Zoom passengers another airline company who went bust earlier this year.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's a lot to be said for having a break at home in the UK. If more of us thought that way , the airlines would never have existed, and so wouldn't have gone bust, our own hotels and resorts would be booming, and global warming would be much reduced.
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mark occomore



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Bruce was ploughing a little of his money into this. As he said on the news he had to clean the aircraft and provide the catering. I would expect there is a lot of work needed to get these aircraft off the ground. Airport ground tax, fuel, and staff etc..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astraeus
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