...go after and what we offer them." Her counterparts at similar-size airports say the process of bringing in a low-fare airline is long and arduous, yet well worth it. How did they do it? In addition to the good-faith commitment from the...

...right? Some industry observers say the big carrier concept is an endangered species as competition increases from low-fare airlines. The need to reduce wages and increase employee efficiency has been the mantra at several major airlines, particularly...

Atlantic will create new low-fare airline SAVANNAH, Ga. - Atlantic Coast Airlines, which...intention to break from United Express and form a new low-fare airline. Independence Air will be based at Washington Dulles...

...prodding from management - on new technologies for booking and communications. In addition, the expanding networks of low-fare airlines have made it more convenient for business travelers to fly them. These changes are bound to curb the pace of the...

...decline in business travel spending: Increased use of nonrefundable, advance-purchase tickets and smaller, low-fare airlines Companies are sending fewer people on trips, using Web and videoconferencing instead Increased corporate jet use...

...recognition. But, as the Aviation Commission has heard before, the proximity to Atlanta and Columbia, the lack of a low-fare airline, and a propensity for people to drive to other airports are all negative factors. "It isn't enough to be a good...

...bringing a low fare regional airline into Augusta. Those in the industry call it "the Southwest effect." When a low fare airline comes into the market, almost always, fares at all of that airport's airlines drop 16 percent and the number of...

...within driving distance, by highlighting the ease of flying out of a smaller regional airport. It added three low-fare airlines in 18 months and tripled its traffic, Mr. Hill said. University of Portland Finance Professor Richard Gritta...

...right? Some industry observers say the big carrier concept is an endangered species as competition increases from low-fare airlines. The need to reduce wages and increase employee efficiency has been the mantra at several major airlines, particularly...

...110 people aboard made an industry pariah of the low-fare airline ValuJet. A little more than seven years later...pushing our web out further and further." Most low-fare airlines try to distinguish themselves with more than cheap...