Word: flew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although half of the 255 students arriving were from the New England area, prospective freshmen flew in from places as far away as California and Puerto Rico...
There seems little danger, in the meantime, of a quick truce in the fare wars that have been such a boon to travelers and a bane to carriers. An estimated 80% of all passengers flew at discounts last year, at an average saving of 50%. Such bargains are likely to continue as long as the weakest airlines are tempted to cut prices to fill seats and competitors feel compelled to follow. Says Arthur Jackson, an American Airlines spokesman: "The leaders in discounts are airlines with severe cash problems. Discounting is a way of raising money in order...
...feisty little carrier with rock-bottom prices has more business than its reservations clerks can handle. At People Express, callers sometimes find themselves talking to President Donald Burr. No wonder Burr is glad to pitch in whereever he can: last month, People flew 357,000 paying customers, a whopping 146% increase over traffic a year...
High-quality Mexican leather goods are a particularly choice buy: handmade boots for $20, handbags from $15 up. Exquisite native handcrafts cost so little that five Continental Airline stewardesses flew to Mexico City this month just to shop for items like black Oaxaca pottery vases for 23? each. Olinola lacquer boxes, with their distinctive red-and-black animal designs, sell for as little as $2.50; designer clothes and auto rentals can also be very cheap. A cab ride across downtown Mexico City costs...
...racquetmen scheduled to meet Penn on Saturday, flew to Philly after Logan Airport cleared Sunday, and returned with another nearly effortless win. Now only a week away from the U.S. National Team Championships to be played in San Francisco, the Crimson dropped only one game to Coach Al Malloy's Quakers...