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...million and was promptly pilloried for offering aid inadequate to the scale of the disaster. (In the initial count, 15 Americans were reported dead.) Stung by criticism of the U.S.'s perceived parsimony, the Administration increased the contribution to $350 million. The Pentagon deployed the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and 11 other warships loaded with supplies, helicopters and soldiers to the coast of western Sumatra to help in the relief effort. Some 1,500 U.S. Marines headed for Sri Lanka. All told, governments around the world pledged more than $2 billion in the first week of the crisis, a figure...
...there are signs of hope. JetBlue Airways, the New York--based low-cost carrier (and one that virtually never cancels a flight) has lowered its already low fares: flights across the country are as low as $85. And Southwest Airlines is offering similar fares...
...biggest present for airline passengers, though, may be from Delta. Next week the nation's second largest carrier is expected to become the first of the so-called Big Six (American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and US Airways) to radically change its pricing policy nationwide, removing irritating ticketing rules like required Saturday-night stays, halving ticket-change fees to $50 from $100 and slashing fares on everything from first class to last-minute tickets...
...cost airlines like Southwest and JetBlue have long embraced such customer-friendly policies, but Delta is by far the biggest carrier to make such changes (America West Airlines started offering fairer fares in March 2002, followed by Alaska Airlines in February 2004). The airline hasn't published specific fares yet, but when it rolled out a test program in Cincinnati in August 2004, the highest ticket price to anywhere was $499 ($599 in first class). The delta.com website is also being revamped to ease the search for cheaper fares, as well as allowing passengers to get refunds and change tickets...
Goodrich also said she would change her carrier if she were not locked into a contract.Although University officials and different carriers are looking to improve cell phone service in the Quad, they face a number of difficulties...