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| Report: Airlines mull charging for checked bags - MSN MoneyCentral Continental Airlines Inc ( CAL ) Stock Quote , Chart , News , Add to Watchlist At least four major U.S. air carriers are pondering whether to join American Airlines in charging passengers $15 for their first checked bag, Bloomberg News reported Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com Frontier Airlines Responds to Rising Fuel Costs - Forbes DENVER, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Airlines today announced it is making several changes to combat the rising cost of fuel. In addition to successful fuel savings programs already in use by the Company, Frontier is updating miscellaneous fees Source: www.forbes.com Pentagon 9/11 site draws families - Boston Globe WASHINGTON - Jonathan Fisher walked slowly, searching for a name Friday morning among the stainless steel benches laid out in perfect rows along the Pentagon's west wall. His feet crunched on the gravel as he stepped around concrete basins and jet airlines the Source: www.boston.com AVIATION: Airlines raise fares to offset fuel costs - Detroit Free Press AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and jet airlines Delta Air Lines Inc. raised fares Friday as much as $60 round-trip to recoup record jet-fuel costs. The biggest increases apply on the longest routes, United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski Source: www.freep.com Airlines cut use of regional jets as fuel costs soar - USA Today Record jet-fuel prices are reversing one of the biggest trends in domestic air travel over the last 15 years, and jet airlines that could leave some smaller cities with fewer daily flights or none at all. In the past eight years, hundreds of small regional Source: www.usatoday.com AIRLINE ECONOMICS HITS A PERFECT STORM - San Francisco Gate Here's a travel tip for the summer season: You may want to stay home. That seems to be the message from major airlines, which are passing along the worst financial conditions since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Soaring jet fuel will cost the Source: www.sfgate.com NWA Cargo Announces Increases in Fuel Surcharges - MSN MoneyCentral As a result of continuing increases in the price of jet fuel, NWA Cargo will raise its fuel surcharges in certain markets effective June 1, 2008, subject to government approvals where required. International fuel surcharges, excluding traffic Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com |