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American's Hard Landing American Airlines reported a loss of $3.5 billion for 2002 - the biggest in aviation history. CEO Don Carty called the losses unsustainable. No kidding. But high fuel prices and war fears threaten to make the 2003 first quarter just as ugly.
DIED. F. WILLIAM FREE, 74, advertising executive known for his "I'm Cheryl--Fly me" ad campaign; of complications from lung cancer; in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The suggestive 1970s ads brought National Airlines both passengers and protesters, including angry women who stood outside his office with placards reading I'M BILL...
DIED. GEORGE WATERS, 87, executive who turned the American Express card into the company's flagship product; in Fair Haven, New Jersey. Until 1961, when Waters was hired, charge cards were used mostly by restaurants, Visa and MasterCard did not exist, and the American Express card lagged behind one offered...
--Avoid "dilution"--the industry's term for spreading your business among airlines or hotels and belonging to many programs. According to Mark Lacek, CEO of MilePoint.com--whose website allows you to exchange miles for magazine subscriptions and merchandise discounts--half the country's frequent flyers haven't earned enough points...
When the Federal Government refused to back troubled United Airlines' request for $1.8 billion in aid last week, executives at Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines must have patted themselves on the back. In an unusual display of ganging up on one of their own, the two carriers had for months...