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Word: usair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much per passenger on food than U.S. airlines do. "Since deregulation," admits Robert Adamak, manager of planning and development for Eastern, "the U.S. airlines are putting on more snacks and perhaps using less expensive products." Among domestic carriers, Alaska Airlines is the most lavish ($7 a passenger), while USAir is the cheapest, at $2.22. Foreign carriers, on the other hand, may spend as much as $15, though the coming of European deregulation in 1992 may dent the quality of even Air France's free-flowing champagne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: You Want Me to Eat THIS? | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...sure way to compensate for expensive promotions is to raise air fares, which major carriers are now doing. United, American, Delta, Continental, Northwest and USAir last week announced fare hikes of between $5 and $20 on most flights. Says an analyst: "This is only the first in a series of fare , increases. The airlines are going to nickel and dime customers until they offset the costs of frequent-flyer programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free-For-all In the Skies | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...message on the answering machine of USAir Ticket Agent Jacqueline Camacho in Los Angeles was from her estranged boyfriend. David Burke, 35, was also a USAir agent, who had been fired on Nov. 19 after he was caught stealing $69 from flight cocktail receipts by a hidden camera. Born in Britain of Jamaican parents, Burke had never married but had fathered seven children by four women. After his dismissal, he turned moody and violent. He had held Camacho and her six-year-old daughter at gunpoint on a forced six-hour auto drive the previous Friday, and he seemed particularly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Burke's Deadly Revenge | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

...affidavit was based on evidence found by the probers who picked over the muddy hillside. The grisly discoveries: one of Burke's thumbs, identified by its print, proving he had boarded the flight, and a Smith and Wesson .44 magnum revolver with six empty casings. The FBI found a USAir employee who said Burke had borrowed the gun from him last month. Most incriminating was a note, written in Burke's hand, on the outside of an air-sickness bag. It read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Burke's Deadly Revenge | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

American, United, USAir, Delta and Texas Air Corp.'s Eastern and Continental airlines pledged to change schedules in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth and at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. By November flights must be close to on time at least 50% of the time. By April planes must arrive within half an hour of schedule at least 75% of the time. If not, the airlines will face stiff fines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airlines: Truth in Scheduling | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

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