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High price-fuel? Richard Branson to take care of it

London, United Kingdom - Building new refineries to meet oil demand

Multimillionaire and owner of Virgin Group would intends building a refinery to aid airlines stifled by jet-fuel’s cost. Richard Branson manifested his idea a week after his Virgin Atlantic Airways increased fuel surcharge for the second time in four months to compensate oil high prices. "If we do not start now to get more refineries built, then fuel prices could literally rocket to USD100-200 p...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 126974
Rome, Italy, 09/15/2005 16:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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