El Al cut its losses last year. Israel’s national airline lost $85.2 million in 2001, as compared with $109.4 million in 2000, the company said. The firm attributed the reduction in losses, despite the damage to tourism caused by the ongoing Palestinian intifada, to budget cuts.
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