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Discounters and majors alike will provide more direct flights between popular destinations, but the hub system will continue to play a major role because feeding passengers from smaller cities into central hubs is still the only way to move people from Sacramento, Calif., to Sarasota, Fla., or Birmingham, Ala., to Los Angeles at a reasonable price. American says the average layover will increase by 10 to 12 minutes, but many travelers could spend an extra 30 minutes to two hours sitting in the airport bar or browsing the newsstand, especially as airlines cut back the number of connecting flights...
...that while he knows people are hurting, the economy is fundamentally sound, that "some bad apples" are being purged from executive suites and that new laws will deter such behavior in the future. Shortly after the President uttered his hangover line in a speech to business executives in Birmingham, Ala., the market regurgitated more than 400 points before recovering--briefly. The Dow lost 7.6% of its value last week. The broader market, as measured by the S&P 500, is now down 45% from the high it set in March 2000. Some companies' earnings were down last week, but more...
...spend an hour or 12. After you have passed the ticket counters (centralized, helpfully, in two expansive rows on either side of the main terminal) and the two maps of America decorated with photos of oddball tourist attractions (such as the world's largest office chair, in Anniston, Ala.), you can stroll across a giant land bridge overlooking the snaking security lines. One Denver innovation has helped these lines move more quickly: express lines for passengers with only one carry-on item (a purse or small suitcase, but not both). Keith Hamlyn, a soccer-playing six-footer who travels...
...gives terrorists a large window of opportunity. Critical tactics in fighting this new and different war will require the utilization of human-intelligence operatives whose primary duty will be to infiltrate terrorist organizations, compromise and thwart their plans and ultimately identify and eliminate the leaders. ARMOND SIMMONS Pell City, Ala...
...spend an hour or 12. After you have passed the ticket counters (centralized, helpfully, in two expansive rows on either side of the main terminal) and the two maps of America decorated with photos of oddball tourist attractions (such as the world's largest office chair, in Anniston, Ala.), you can stroll across a giant land bridge overlooking the snaking security lines. One Denver innovation has helped these lines move more quickly: express lines for passengers with only one carry-on item (a purse or small suitcase, but not both). Keith Hamlyn, a soccer-playing six-footer who travels...