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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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Old 09-26-2014 | 10:56 AM
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aka Vision Airlines.
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Old 09-26-2014 | 01:32 PM
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Thank god....
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Old 09-26-2014 | 02:00 PM
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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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Old 09-26-2014 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
"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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Old 09-26-2014 | 03:11 PM
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What a surprise.
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Old 09-26-2014 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DYNASTY HVY
And what pray tell would examples of that passenger experience be ?
Breadsticks and cognac, of course.
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Old 09-27-2014 | 03:22 PM
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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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Originally Posted by tsquare
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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