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by singh181 » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:54 pm
In response to years of increasing congestion at airport X, the government decided to redistribute landing slots. Henceforth, all international flights arriving from continent A would be rerouted to nearby airport Y, all flights arriving from continent B would continue to land at airport X. Several airlines opposed this measure on the grounds that it would result in lost business.

Which of the following, if true, justifies the airline's conclusion?

(A) The airlines' customers prefer less congested airports.
(B) It takes five minutes more flying time to reach the second
airport.
(C) There are fewer runways, and thus less capacity, at airport Y.
(D) Airport Y is located in a region with better transport links to the
final destinations of many travelers from continent B.
(E) Many customers traveling between continent A and continent
B choose certain airlines because of the easy flight
connections they offer at airport X.

I chose C, because government assumes that Continent A and B are sending same number of flights and Airport X and Y are similar. If Y is smaller than X, then we congestion problem at Y, whereas A Weakens because now airport X and Y are less congested. OA A
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:24 pm
IMO E.

Can you post the OE?
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by HSPA » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:42 pm
I liked this very much.. Now I am taking banglore old airport and new airport(distance one called devanhalli port) and I am standing in shoes of vijay mallya(rich airline owner)...

Opinion: People travel from A to B... Now A'guys land at old airport and I have to provide bus transport to new airport to catch flight to B... my bus transport is unneccessary..

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by AIM GMAT » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:52 pm
IMO E too .

Coz' people preferring Airport X if routed to airport Y will cause inconvenience and reason for dissatisfaction among the customers .
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by ankurmit » Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:03 am
IMO E
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by mehrasa » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:35 am
+1 for E
it means that airport x will be preferable by some ppl then airlines that have to fly from airport Y will loose their businesses
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by gunjan1208 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:02 am
What is the source of the problem?

IMO E. A is perhaps the last one I would choose to explain. Could you please post OE?
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by cyrwr1 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:30 am
A is the answer not E as you guys have mentioned.

A is the only logical one.

B and C are out of scope and D does nothing to the problem leaving choices A and E.

How does one justify the conclusion of splitting up the arrivals to two airports?
A) if the customers prefer less congested airports. There we go!

E is a weakener, not a strengthener. If the customers have easier accessibility at Airport X, and the case now is that if they come from continent A, they will NOT arrive at airport X but airport Y. These customers DO NOT want to go to airport Y, hence, a weakener.
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by mundasingh123 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:43 am
OA is E according to gmatclub
cyrwr1 wrote:A is the answer not E as you guys have mentioned.

A is the only logical one.

B and C are out of scope and D does nothing to the problem leaving choices A and E.

How does one justify the conclusion of splitting up the arrivals to two airports?
A) if the customers prefer less congested airports. There we go!

E is a weakener, not a strengthener. If the customers have easier accessibility at Airport X, and the case now is that if they come from continent A, they will NOT arrive at airport X but airport Y. These customers DO NOT want to go to airport Y, hence, a weakener.
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by cyrwr1 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:10 pm
Let's wait for an expert's response. I'd love to know feedback
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by GmatKiss » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:13 pm
C and E supports, E is the winner!
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by cyrwr1 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:37 pm
My apologies, E is the answer. I misconstrued the argument!
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by mundasingh123 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:40 pm
cyrwr1 wrote:My apologies, E is the answer. I misconstrued the argument!
2where did u find this CR
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by gunjan1208 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:12 pm
Can I request you all the guys to mention the source of the problem as well? Of late, I am trying to build this a habit. This helps everybody.
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