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PLUNA Plunges [updated]

Don’t blog at 4am! Apologies for moving Pluna and its bankruptcy to the wrong country! And with friends from both countries, I should know better. PLUNA Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas S.A., headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay (not Paraguay) was the country’s 75 year old flag carrier. The company was liquidated by its owner the Government of Uruguay on  5th July 2012, two days after employees went on strike. The airline had a mixed history of ownership and a series of financial losses. Thats the 17th airline to vanish in 2012 and the third flag carrier to go this year (Malev and…

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