Champion Air Blames High Fuel Prices For May 31 Shutdown
Champion Airsaid it was closing down all flight operations on May 31, another casualty of skyrocketing fuel prices. The carrier blamed a drop in business, a slowed economy and an inability to find new investors as the reasons for its shutdown, said President and CEO Lee Steele in a statement...
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