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To: La Enchiladita

Yeah, I know, but I was talking about supply line also having dried up.

http://www.freep.com/money/business/jetfuel11e_20050811.htm


Because of supply bottlenecks, airlines were forced to fly in extra fuel from other markets and scramble for deliveries by truck. But these are expensive, short-term fixes that do not address what airline executives consider to be the underlying problem: With passenger traffic rising above pre-9/11 levels, the nation's aviation business is slowly outgrowing the infrastructure that fuels it.

What started as routine supply tightness in these markets quickly snowballed following disruptive events that included a hurricane, a canceled fuel shipment and, ironically, the airlines' own efforts to prevent shortages, according to several airline executives.

Late July and early August were "unprecedented for Southwest for the number of cities where we've had to manage supply problems," said Glenn Hipp, director of fuel purchasing and inventory management at Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and America West Holdings Corp. also said there has been recent supply trouble.


103 posted on 08/12/2005 12:39:59 PM PDT by lainie
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To: lainie

Okay, now I see what you're talking about... it's worth investigating.


106 posted on 08/12/2005 1:24:04 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Remembering our Heroes today and every day.)
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