The north American carrier will skip its daily flight from Miami to Barranquilla, because of “the airline industry of today isn’t designed for the current high fuel prices,” Gerard Arpey, chairman of AMR Corporation said.”The decision (to not fly on Barranquilla) seeks to significantly reduce costs and create a sustainable balance between supply and demand of the market,” he added.Colombian airline company Avianca recently started flying from Miami to Cartagena, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
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