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Air Pockets
Can a marketing alliance between Continental and United do the same trick as a merger?
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Airline Industry Comes Clean
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Flying on Empty
How U.S. airlines can survive the spike in jet fuel prices.
How U.S. airlines can survive the spike in jet fuel prices.
Clipped Wings
With Continental's cuts, the U.S. airline market is rapidly shrinking.
With Continental's cuts, the U.S. airline market is rapidly shrinking.
All Business, Always Trouble
Real estate is at the heart of the all-business-class airlines failures.
Real estate is at the heart of the all-business-class airlines failures.
Something Special on the Ground
American has bad news for passengers: Oil is expensive.
American has bad news for passengers: Oil is expensive.
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Crackdown on airline price-fixing steps up.
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Why American Airlines' new checked-luggage fee is the worst idea to hit the runway in ages.
If airlines can't raise prices in response to fuel costs, the industry is broken, says chief.
As United-US Airways talks stumble, American sets the course.
AMR's ugly cuts show U.S. airline execs are still flying around fantasyland—except for the smart guys at Southwest.
After Delta and Northwest, who will be next?
When First Data announced to Frontier that it was increasing its holdback to 50%, Frontier was in a very tough situation.
Delta offers to buy Northwest for $3 billion, pledging to cut costs. Will pilots get on board?
David Neeleman made JetBlue a major player. But after a disastrous week, the board pushed him aside, and now he's moving on.
Tony Fernandes had no aviation experience when he founded AirAsia. It’s now among the world's fastest-growing airlines.
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