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Steve Baer, 48, is fed up with his cell-phone service. When the advertising executive moved to Atlanta six months ago, he considered switching from AT&T Wireless to a carrier with better coverage in the neighborhood where he lives. But there was one thing holding him back: he didn't want to give up his number...
...niche airlines know they will need every edge they can find as competition heats up. As major carriers emerge from bankruptcy protection with lower labor costs and other new economies, they will be more formidable. Some big airlines are holding on to valuable airport facilities they aren't even using, and they are strong-arming airport managers to keep out rivals. Some of those rivals suspect that the major carriers are working together to beat them back. In early May, within days of one another, the Big Six (American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and US Airways) said they would impose...
...even calling it the "new Concorde." The flight's VIP service and the absence of crying babies and scruffy backpackers have pleased the route's early passengers and encouraged the airline to expand service to Munich from Newark and schedule a Chicago-to-Dusseldorf flight starting in June. The carrier will not say whether the route is profitable, but it has been flying at a healthy 60% of capacity. Among U.S. business travelers, Indigo is attracting almost as much attention for its clever use of secondary airports like Teterboro and, starting in June, White Plains, N.Y. Indigo CEO Pete Pappas...
...reported a quarterly net loss of $11 million, though it still managed a slim operating profit. North American flew some U.S. troops during Gulf War II and the Afghanistan campaign, and it has also kept its civilian business going strong, especially on high-volume feeder flights to major international carriers like El Al. Allegiant Air, based in Las Vegas, specializes in discount flights to Sin City and has announced three new routes in the past two months: to Lansing, Mich.; Des Moines, Iowa; and Denver. Song, owned by Delta, is just off the ground, flying from New York City...
...founder of Hooters restaurants, won't say if it's making money yet, but its employees and passengers seem to be enjoying themselves. Women passengers outnumber men on some flights, and even most of the women say they like the friendly service by Hooters Girls. Naked-Air, a charter carrier organized by a nudist travel service in Houston, won't reveal much at all about itself--except that passengers really are allowed to disrobe once the FASTEN SEATBELT sign goes off. It has made one flight so far, from Miami to the Mexican resort city of Cancun. For passengers venturing...