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...might think, after seeing the barrage of bad news about the major airlines, that the entire industry is going to be stuck on the tarmac by Thanksgiving. But far from all the chatter about bankruptcies and cutbacks, a few enterprising carriers are quietly soaring. Discount pioneer Southwest is readying its first transcontinental flights, from Baltimore, Md., to Los Angeles, starting this fall, while New York City-based upstart JetBlue is adding more flights on the West Coast and in Florida. These and other discount carriers today account for 20% of domestic air travel, up from...
Passengers stranded on less popular routes not served by discounters will probably have their wallets hit especially hard. But as low-cost airlines like Southwest and JetBlue go after one another, certain direct fares should fall. Just last month JetBlue announced service from Long Beach to Oakland, Calif., starting at $19 each way, a price that Southwest matched in 48 hours...
Amid all the upheaval, one thing seems certain: the airlines will probably leave passengers more confused and frustrated than they are today. "You get what you pay for. Southwest isn't a business airline. American is. But they're in danger of losing that distinction," says Chad Robertson, 25, a district manager for DaimlerChrysler who commutes once a week on American between Dallas and Texas outposts like Amarillo, Lubbock and Odessa. "The airlines may be hurting...
...scariest waves in the world breaks just off the southwest coast of Tahiti near a tiny village called Teahupoo (pronounced Cho-po). This two-story wall of water, often just as thick as it is tall, has battered and broken countless professional surfers and killed at least one of them. When the wave closes out, it looks as though the entire Pacific Ocean is trying to stomp onto the shallow coral reef below. It is terrifying to watch, insane to surf--and Keala Kennelly's favorite spot...
Some analysts figure the budget trend will continue. Those airlines can anticipate "ongoing steady growth," says Daniel Solon at the aviation consultancy Avmark, who feels the market is there to be captured. "Look at Southwest." That low-cost U.S. airline, which launched in 1971, has not had an annual loss for 28 years...