Word: hubs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...General Accounting Office reported last week that at airports with one or two dominant carriers, fares per passenger-mile were 27% higher than at other airports. Airline spokesmen disputed the conclusion. The Air Transport Association, an industry group, released a study showing that fares were only 3.8% higher at hub airports. Congressional subcommittees are studying both reports...
...need a writer to confirm his stature, but still he is lucky to have such a thoughtful, intelligent chronicler. Boston had its own superstar in Ted Williams, and that brings up the inevitable comparison between Halberstam's work and John Updike's classic account of Williams' last game, "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu." Nearly 30 years later, Updike's achievement seems as secure as Williams' 1941 batting mark of .406. He turns out to be the better writer, even the tougher reporter. But readers who want to savor a memoir of two outsize ball clubs and the rude dawn...
Some carriers also have virtually monopolistic shares of the business in their "hub" airports and control so-called feeder airlines that funnel passengers into their route systems from outlying areas. Says Missouri's John Danforth, ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee: "Deregulation initially worked as it was intended to work. But increasingly competition has faded away. As of this point in time, deregulation has failed...
...TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: Airline Economics, Inc.}]CAPTION: HUB CONTROL...
...said he would like to see a new city hub built north of the city, with athletic facilities, schools and shops. Instead of large orphanages, Lozano said he will call for dozens of small group homes linked to schools...