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EUROBLUES The Real Dogfight Pity Europe's airlines. With passenger traffic already down 9% from 2000, they're now caught in a nasty squabble over "open skies" agreements that would widen competition on lucrative transatlantic routes. E.U. courts banned the individually negotiated deals between 11 member states and the U.S...
AIRLINES Grounded by War? Would a war in Iraq deal a crippling blow to America's already limping airline industry? According to a new study commissioned by a major airline and obtained by Time, half of America's large airlines could be bankrupt within months if war - even a brief...
Southwest Airlines announced last June that it would enforce a long-standing policy of requiring the obese to buy an extra seat based solely on the judgment of staff at the check-in counter that a particular passenger wouldn't fit in a single seat. Southwest says most people who...
Traditionally, frequent-flyer tickets are exempt from those nasty $100 fees for a last-minute change in schedule. In the fall American Airlines began imposing a $100 fee on AAdvantage members making changes on award tickets. American also charges $50 to $75 to "expedite" the processing of any award flight...
DIED. GEORGE WATERS, 87, executive who turned the American Express card into the company's flagship product; of heart problems; in Fair Haven, N.J. Until 1961, when Waters was hired, credit cards were used mostly by restaurants, Visa and MasterCard did not exist, and the American Express card lagged behind...