Word: traffics
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...traffic is so lush that established carriers like British Airways, American, Continental and United have shifted some of their capacity to accommodate increasing corporate demand. And since landing slots in London's Heathrow are still heavily regulated by treaty, these legacy airlines have been collecting rent from premium passengers. A first-class round trip on the New York--London route of British Airways, for example, can cost upwards of $14,000; its Club World, or business class, about $9,600. Yet coach can be $500 for a round trip...
Industry experts estimate that the new luxe carriers--EOS, Silverjet and MAXjet--may have as much as 20% of the premium traffic on the $1.75 billion New York--London route, known as NYLON in the business. The roughly 3,600 seats in premium cabins, about 30% of the total, represent more than $1.25 billion, or 70%, of the available revenue. And 100% of the profit...
...Bulldogs stunned the Crimson by seizing a 1-0 lead 2:22 into the second period. “Their goaltender played great,” Stone said. “And she got to see almost every puck because we didn’t have enough traffic in front of the net early on.” The Bulldogs added to their lead with 4:39 remaining in the period on a misplay by Harvard rookie goalie Christina Kessler. The keeper tried to control Carry Resor’s slapshot from the top of the left circle with...
...travel 200 miles from their home in Roswell (many of the parents live equally long distances from the school). When he was 17, at the time already a low-level drug dealer for five years, Chavarria shot and wounded a man approaching his car as he was sitting in traffic. Two weeks later, before being apprehended, he shot and killed a woman whom he and his friends feared were going to rat them out to the police. When he turned himself in, Chavarria was charged as a juvenile for the first crime and as an adult for the homicide...
...lawyers who represented blind activist Chen Guangcheng in his trial last year on what would under other circumstances be considered the bizarre charges of damaging property and attempting to organize a crowd to obstruct traffic. In fact, Chen's crime seems to have been that he embarrassed local officials in his home province of Shandong...