TOKYO/SAPPORO, Japan -- Australia's Qantas Airways has joined a number of carriers dropping tentative plans for flights to and from regional Japanese airports as an acute fuel shortage looms over the ... ( read original story ...)
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TOKYO/SAPPORO, Japan -- Australia's Qantas Airways has joined a number of carriers canceling plans for flights to and from regional Japanese airports, as an acute fuel shortage looms over the rebound ... ( read original story ...)