Talk:British United Island Airways
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[edit]I have removed excess boldface per WP:MOS -- there is no need to boldface every compnay name, and it just adds clutter. I have also tidied links per WP:OVERLINK. Ground Zero | t 16:17, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
As well as
[edit]This really means "and", doesn't it?
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