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Old 09-26-2014, 10:44 AM
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Story breaking on CNBC, PEOPLExpress grounded, details to follow.

More on the story, looks temporary.

PEOPLExpress Airlines grounded after 3 months http://www.cnbc.com/id/102000435

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aka Vision Airlines.
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Thank god....
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"Recent aircraft and crew availability and maintenance issues, including an aircraft recently damaged by a vendor's truck, an engine change and a lack of a promised spare aircraft, have made it challenging to operate a full schedule, preventing us from delivering the passenger experience we are striving for," the company said.
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"Recent aircraft and crew availability and maintenance issues, including an aircraft recently damaged by a vendor's truck, an engine change and a lack of a promised spare aircraft, have made it challenging to operate a full schedule, preventing us from delivering the passenger experience we are striving for," the company said.
And what pray tell would examples of that passenger experience be ?
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What a surprise.
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And what pray tell would examples of that passenger experience be ?
Breadsticks and cognac, of course.
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avg of 67 pax/flt...that might be a factor too.
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I am still hoping to see this story where the headline "PeopleExpress" is replaced with "Emirates".
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I am still hoping to see this story where the headline "PeopleExpress" is replaced with "Emirates".
We all look forward to that day. Qatar, Emirates, Ethidad, Turkish, ect.ect... They all want to dominate global aviation and there isn't room for them all. Good riddance to whoever falls 1st.
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