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PLED GUILTY. ERIC RUDOLPH, 38, to the 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics and attacks on abortion clinics and a gay club in Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama, which in total killed two people and injured 150; as part of a deal to serve four life sentences instead of face execution; in Atlanta and Birmingham. Rudolph, who was caught in May 2003 after having spent five years hiding in the North Carolinian woods, also disclosed the location of more than 110 kilos of dynamite he had hidden there. His primary motivation, he wrote in a rambling and unrepentant manifesto released after...
...People Express becoming too ambitious for its own good? The question arises because the feisty discount carrier seems to be expanding everywhere all at once. People last week started service from its Newark hub to Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth, two of the most hotly competitive markets in the U.S., and announced plans to begin flying to Brussels in September. The moves follow forays over the past seven months into 13 other new cities, including Montreal and Fort Lauderdale. Born only four years ago in the aftermath of airline deregulation, People Express now flies to 45 destinations and has become...
People's flight plan has always been to offer fares so low that almost anyone can afford to come on board. The introductory one-way ticket prices on its new routes are some of its best bargains ever: $29 from Newark to Montreal, $99 to Brussels, $49 to Atlanta and $69 to Dallas. Before last week the least expensive flight between the New York-Newark area and Atlanta was Delta's $99 one-way fare. Passengers were required to buy those tickets one month in advance. Even a 19-hour Greyhound bus trip over the route costs $104. No wonder...
Burr is confidently pushing People into the hubs of two major competitors. Delta operates 375 flights a day out of its Atlanta base, and American jets take off 310 times daily from the Dallas/Fort Worth airport. Though People will offer only three flights a day to and from each city, it could still pose a threat. To claim his share of these two lucrative routes, Burr seems to be spoiling for a fight. "We expect to stimulate price wars whenever we enter new markets. We like that," he says. "When competitors make a lot of noise, it attracts the kind...
...airline industry for the Dean Witter Reynolds investment firm: "People Express is about to test its pain threshold. Cracking these markets is not going to be easy if American and Delta play rough." During the past several years Delta has successfully squelched United's attempts to expand its Atlanta business. "We have been developing this market for 41 years," says a Delta spokesman. Both American and Delta have already matched People's fares, although they have imposed certain restrictions. Moreover, they offer frequent-flyer bonus programs, while People does not. In the past People has sometimes had trouble competing with...