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Old 21st Jun 2006, 19:13
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Taildragger67
 
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Originally Posted by Karma-Air
guess that kinda counts as LCC.

Haven't heard from others such as BackpackersExpress who were due to launch on a kinda LON-DEL-BKK-SYD route using a 747.

K-A
I seem to recall that they didn't get awarded any capacity by the Australian International Air Services Commission so that pretty well killed the business model. I think they were talking about pulling up in MUC along the way.

One suspects the interior would've been a bit muc by the time it got that far up the track, but that's another story...
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