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Shanghai Air net losses more than double on weak demand, fuel prices

Shanghai Airlines' net loss more than doubled in 2008 to 870 million yuan (127.2 million U.S. dollars), the carrier said Tuesday in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The airline, reporting unaudited figures to the exchange, cited the... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Jan 20 2009

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