Word: usair
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...this is one industry, and one company, that glows white hot with anger between its labor and management. United, Northwest, USAir, TWA and Continental are lined up with labor negotiations like so many jets waiting to take off from O'Hare. Does this mean a year of strikes? Not necessarily, but the situation at American is a sort of wind sock for the industry...
...Corp., the parent company of American, has been a champion at it, having shaved more than $1 billion in costs. USAir knocked back 10% of its flights. Delta laid off a large percentage of its work force. Northwest decided to retrofit old aircraft instead of buying new ones. The majors stopped, for the most part, their suicidal price-cutting wars. They curtailed their wildly optimistic purchases of new aircraft that had led them into such trouble in the 1980s. They shut down unprofitable routes, leaving many cities to the commuters...
DALLAS: American Airline's decision to slash domestic prices on average by 50 percent has sent fares falling throughout the airline industry. United, Northwest and Continental all trotted out similar discount plans this weekend in markets where they compete with American, leaving only Delta and USAir undecided among the major US airlines about which way the money is blowing. Reservation phone lines and websites for airlines with a discount plan were jammed Monday as passengers scrambled to take advantage of savings that are good only for tickets purchased by March 3. American is offering a 50 percent discount on average...
Michelle N. Lipkowitz '97 and her twin sister, Jennifer L. Lipkowitz '97, were delayed at New York's LaGuardia Airport, waiting to board the USAir Shuttle...
Mesa's critics include two Colorado Republicans, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Congressman Scott McInnis, who want Congress to launch its own probe of the airline. Both lawmakers are frequent flyers on United Express, one of six Mesa divisions that provide feeder service to USAir, United Airlines and America West. Campbell was incredulous last summer when the pilot on his flight had to crank down the landing gear manually after it became jammed on the approach to Denver...