This means other maintenance work can be carried out at the same time, reducing the period for which the aircraft is out of service.

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Yet a strategy of closing outlets opened during a period of overexpansion, introducing healthier options and improving customer service got McDonald's out of a very similar crisis a few years back.

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It is fair to point out that cable service improved dramatically over that period, expanding from dozens to hundreds of channels, most of which are now in HD.

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