...prove to be a last hurrah for the dot-com era before the bubble burst. February JetBlue takes to the skies as the discount airline joins Southwest Airlines in pressuring the major carriers to cut prices. By the second quarter of 2009, the cost...
...row seat on AirTran and enjoy the extra legroom, expect to cough up $20. - Allegiant Air, a smaller national discount airline, charges a $13.50 "convenience fee" for online purchases, even though most other carriers encourage purchases...
...airline leasing company that says he personally guaranteed lease payments for two jets used by his airline. The discount airline, which featured scantily clad women in orange shorts and tight T-shirts on flights, will stop flying this week...
...which rivals Chicago's O'Hare as the busiest airport in the country, is served by major carriers as well as discount airlines including Spirit, Song, Independence, Frontier and AirTran, which is based there. The airport is an important...
...more passengers and lowering fares by attracting a discount airline has been an unattainable goal for the airport, but...increased passenger load. This only improved when rival discount airline Independence Air began offering flights last year...
...quarter would be lower than the current quarter. NASDAQ Frontier Airlines Inc., down 27 cents at $7.87 The discount airline swung to a loss due to rising fuel prices. Intel Corp., up 14 cents at $24.38 The company said the latest version...
...business, the results show Boeing's commercial jet business on the upswing as a result of multiple orders from discount airlines, according to analyst Paul Nisbet of JSA Research. "If they come anywhere near close to getting the 200 orders...
...at $2.98 The security software company said it expects a loss of 4 cents per share for the quarter. JetBlue Airways Corp., down $1.03 at $27.69 June passenger traffic rose 41 percent from a year ago, the discount airline said.
...in eastern rather than western Europe, to using discount airlines and train passes for local travel. Linda Teter...buy your pass before you go overseas. New European discount airlines like Ryanair, Spanair, Air Berlin and EasyJet offer...
With several years of brisk expansion behind them and large rivals retaliating more aggressively, low-cost airlines such as Southwest, JetBlue and AirTran will have a harder time growing, right? Not necessarily.
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