Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like thousands of other proprietors of motels, restaurants, travel agencies, airlines, resorts and ski areas from New Orleans to Nice, Fullmer is a casualty of the world fuel shortage. The traveling public, beset by uncertainty over flight cancellations, filling-station closings and gasoline-rationing schemes, is staying home in droves...
Some Continental executives protested that the campaign is merely a logical extension of the airline's "proud bird with the golden tail" slogan, which has been in use for nearly eight years. But other officials admitted that the new motto is at least partly inspired by National Airlines'...
So New York's first black deputy mayor is Paul Gibson Jr., formerly a vice-president of American Airlines. So far, no one has asked Gibson to resign, although Sunday's New York Times reported that his getting only "liaison" responsibilities with the Office of Contract Compliance, which tries to...
Already there has been some cooperation among airline executives in planning route reductions, and the carriers would like federal approval to work out broader agreements to limit competition. Hall says that without help, perhaps in the form of federal subsidies, some airlines face bankruptcy or nationalization. The CAB provides $67...
No-Shows. The Government probably will also clamp down on no-shows. As schedules have tightened, passengers have hedged their reservations by making multiple bookings. At some airlines, no-show rates have doubled during peak periods. American has 18,000 no-shows a day, and United counts more than 22...