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A UK airline's operations have ceased, impacting its role in providing aircraft for other carriers. Hertfordshire-based Ascend Airways entered liquidation, citing a significant rise in fuel prices as a key factor. Sources suggest the firm failed on April 28, due to escalating expenses partly influenced by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
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