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• American Airlines plans à la carte pricing
American Airlines Executive Vice President, Marketing Dan Garton talks during an interview at American's headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, last month. Starting next year, American plans to imitate the a la carte pricing structure pioneered by Air ...
• How airlines have betrayed us
Airline passengers are usually a forgiving lot. When a flight doesn't take off as planned, they understand. When they have to pay extra for a checked bag because of “higher” fuel prices, they oblige. But there's one thing that makes passengers ...
• Heads up for holiday fliers
Already wracked by high fuel prices and falling demand, the airlines will face increasing financial headwinds as long as credit is constrained. “The industry is based on something like 80–85 percent credit card sales,” says airline consultant ...
• Crazy new airline stunts
While many airlines have responded to the crisis by merging, filing for bankruptcy, or cutting costs, others have been more inventive—by engaging in headline-grabbing, over-the-top publicity stunts. In mid-August, Irish carrier Ryanair kick-started ...
• FAA faulted for laxness on repair outsourcing
WASHINGTON - Nine U.S. airlines outsourced more than 70 percent of their major aircraft maintenance last year, and federal aviation officials' oversight of repair facilities is lagging, according to a government report. One-fourth of the outsourced ...