Word: archcompetitors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...single class-but would adopt it only if all other airlines did; Eastern and Delta indicate that they might follow if United succeeds. But United's chief competitors-American, Continental and TWA-are convinced that one-class service will not spread. Last week Patterson's archcompetitor, crusty C. R. Smith, 63, president of second-place American Airlines, made clear how he feels. Said Smith: "A single class of service must be a compromise; it can offer neither maximum economy nor maximum comfort and convenience...
...more jets into service and made a brilliant recovery. Its third-quarter earnings were an alltime high and gave United a respectable profit of $9,711,535 for the first nine months. Hustling Delta Air Lines, the first line to fly DC-8s, has edged ahead of its archcompetitor Eastern in the number of passengers loaded at Atlanta. Continental Airlines, first of the smaller airlines to fly its own jets, has grown up with the commercial jet age. It now flies jets on 83% of its flights, has the lowest (43%) break-even point of any U.S. domestic airline...