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...response, young Iranians have been leaving the country by the jetload. "I love this country," says a recent university student who is moving to the U.S. this fall for graduate studies. "But there is no future here for me," he says, explaining that he is on a government blacklist for desirable jobs because of his involvement in protests throughout the past decade. Yet at the same time, Ahmadinejad's caustic criticism of the West has made the task of securing visas next to impossible. Many of those interviewed said they hoped for better ties to the rest of world...
...over the April average of 74°, there was the usual invasion of fraternity T shirts, beer chests and Frisbees, along with the reddening student bodies that came with them. There were young families from Texas and Oklahoma, and from as far away as Colorado. There was the weekly jetload of Canadians brought by Suntours of Toronto. And there was room enough in the sun for them...
...American Airlines, which operate competitive transcontinental routes, ran up January jetload averages of 80-85% capacity, while United's relatively newer DC-8 service chalked up 75%. On Pan American World Airways' North Atlantic jet flights, now facing heavy competition from foreign jets, the load factor last month was 79% eastbound, 76% westbound. Actually, Pan Am's jet travel was up 57% in total passengers over a year ago partly because it has upped the number of jets in service to 23. On the in-season New York-to-Florida runs, National, Northeast and Eastern jets...
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