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- 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-03-27. p. 47.
- ↑ "Aero Cuahonte at airlineupdate.com". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
- ↑ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
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