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Planning a trip? You'll be happy to know that Pan Am, American and Northwest airlines have drastically cut fares for travelers buying tickets before March 1. British Airways would like to cut transatlantic fares one-third, and TWA, USAir and Pan Am want to cut them that much or more, if the government lets them. Air carriers are offering dramatic bargains -- and not out of benevolence. They're desperate...
Desperate to cut costs, airlines have been scrutinizing their operations from the executive suite to the passenger seat. American has frozen management hiring and halted all nonessential capital spending. USAir has delayed taking delivery of 28 new Boeing jets for three years. Chicago-based Midway is closing down its hub at Philadelphia, which it bought only a year ago from Eastern, and plans to sell its operations there to USAir for $67.5 million. Northwest has trimmed its flight schedule by 24 daily flights, or 2% of its total. Even Phoenix-based America West, one of the fastest-growing U.S. carriers...
Even so, the industry is bound to consolidate further. High costs mean that ambitious carriers like USAir, Midway and America West are reining in their plans. A year ago, five airlines -- American, United, Delta, Northwest and Continental -- dominated the top tier of the U.S. industry, accounting for 66.3% of all passenger miles. Because of problems at Continental, that tier may soon shrink to four powerhouses...
Even a top carrier is lumbering. After gobbling up PSA and Piedmont in 1987 to form the sixth largest U.S. carrier, USAir is losing market share to competitors. Projecting losses of $350 million for the year, USAir last week suspended its stock dividend and postponed for one year the purchase of 16 new Boeing aircraft...
...Tenth District: Representative Gerry Studds faces a challenge for the second time from USAir pilot and Bridgewater State College faculty member Jon Bryan. While Bryan is drawing some support from the national Republican Party, Studds defeated him in 1988 with 67 percent of the vote...