Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In a fuel-short world that is turning colder, anxious men generated their own kinds of heat last week. Governments on both sides of the Atlantic imposed tough new constraints on industry and citizens. Britain prepared to go on a three-day work week and took other measures that Prime...
This week begins what may be the 1970s' last extravaganza of American air travel: a record 8,000,000 vacationers taking off on 12,800 flights a day to spend the holidays with family and friends or at sun-warmed resorts. By Jan. 7, the splurge will end, and...
U.S. domestic and overseas lines plan to cancel 950,000 of the 5,000,000 takeoffs originally scheduled for 1974 and reduce flights by 285 million miles. About 275 planes, more than 10% of the airlines' fleets, will be grounded; Continental Air Lines figures to save 19 million gal...
Airline executives claim that they will suffer financial damage too. They fear a radical drop in revenue and heavy expenses in maintaining grounded planes. A 747, they note, costs $25 million, and payments must be kept up whether it flies or not. Some lines have asked for delays in accepting...
Harvard Student Agencies may lose over $5000 this month because of an unfilled California charter flight. The Saturn Airlines flight scheduled to leave Friday and to return January 11 has over 20 seats yet unoccupied.