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Service a Casualty of U.S. Airline Recovery

As frustrated as travelers may be with crowded planes and delayed flights, these are the realities of the leaner U.S. airline industry as it claws its way back to profitability after a brutal years-long slump.

Trade Reps Support D.C. to Beijing Direct Flight

Former US trade representatives have urged the Department of Transportation to accept United Airlines' proposal to connect Washington D.C. and Beijing through direct commercial flights for the first time.

American Airlines Recovers From 9/11

American Airlines was flying high in 2001. Its parent company had averaged $1 billion in annual profit for four years, it had just scooped up iconic TWA to become the world's largest airline, and its stock price was at an all-time high.American Airlines was flying high in 2001. Its parent company had averaged $1 billion in annual profit for four years, it had just scooped up iconic TWA to become the world's largest airline, and its stock price was at an all-time high.

UAL cost-cutting needed: experts say

United Airlines' parent, UAL Corp., four months out of bankruptcy, must hone its focus on additional cost cuts or risk losing its advantage over airlines currently restructuring under court protection, industry experts say.

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