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Top in Category › Canadian airline removes life vests to save weight and fuel

Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz is removing life vests from all its planes to save weight and fuel. Jazz spokeswoman Manon Stuart said Friday that… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Aug 29 2008

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