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Article: High fuel cost affecting long international flights.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- July 8, 2008
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High fuel cost affecting long international flights
New York, July 8 (PTI) -- High fuel cost and weakening passenger traffic are taking a toll on the long international flights, a media report said today.
Several US carriers are delaying the start of new flights to China and Russia, while overseas airlines are ditching even longer flights, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
The shift, it says, comes despite new airplanes from Airbus and Boeing Co that can carry hundreds of people for more than 18 hours on routes that previously required at least one stop, such as between Singapore or Dubai.
These direct links save passengers time, ...