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Old 16th Oct 2008, 21:36
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Boomerang1
 
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I think the real reason for the financial problems is lack of passengers and load factors. Jet Airways is cancelling the SFO-Shaghai route because the average load factor was only 40%. They can't make money with this load factor even if the price of fuel is $50 a bbl.

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