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Heliport, and its services are not subsidised. Crovetto also showed disdain for a decision by the Monegasque authorities to bar the company's minivans from operating
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was acquired in 1976, and by 1980 15,237 passengers had been carried. Free shuttle service in Monaco was introduced in 1983, a year in which 39,673 passengers were carried. A
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442:"HĂ©li Air Monaco s'apprĂȘte Ă licencier trente personnes"
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