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There's no doubt that almost everyone stands to gain as the new fares generate more traffic. Last week American, United, Northwest and Delta said they received twice as many fare inquiries as usual. "The response was unprecedented," said an American spokesman. "We read it to mean we had struck a chord with customers who had been complaining about the complexity of the system...
Other major airlines offered variations on American's plan. Delta and United adopted the basic four-fare system but said they would continue to study volume discounts for corporate and military travel. Although his airline matched American's moves, Northwest chief executive John Dasburg questioned the plan. "At first blush, this actually looks like it might end up reducing rather than raising revenues per seat mile," Dasburg said. "Price simplification has been a little like tax simplification -- it doesn't seem to work...
...company planes -- an example of the frequent chumminess between Southern Governors and major industrialists. Environmentalists generally doubt that any crude payoff is involved. They think Clinton genuinely -- though in their view, mistakenly -- fears that strict environmental regulation will cost the state badly needed employment. Says Tom cKinney, director of Northwest Arkansas Guardianship, an environmental organization: "Jobs are paramount...
Today: chance of a shower early. Becoming mostly sunny and breezy by afternoon, high around 60. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Tonight: clear and cool...
ENVIRONMENT Can the Northwest's endangered salmon be saved...