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Priority Travel News: Crowded skies for Asia-Pacific airlines

AIRLINES operating in the Asia-Pacific face one of the most competitive environments for many years as strong growth collides with a potential global economic slowdown, a leading aviation think tank has predicted.
The Sydney-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation said yesterday that a surge in capacity being brought on by Asia-Pacific and Middle Eastern carriers would result in one of the busiest years of new airline activity in the region this decade.
It said the projected arrival of new aircraft in 2008 and the proliferation of new entrants would produce the most competitive airline conditions ever seen in the region. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News