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Execs, analysts wonder how much tougher things can get

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May 23, 2008
        

By DAVID KOENIG • Associated Press • May 23, 2008 DALLAS -- Airlines were already charging $25 to check a second piece of luggage, but American will break new ground next month by charging $15 for the first bag. Citigroup analyst Andrew Light estimated that if the new fee hits 20 percent of...

                   

Airlines burning through savings

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May 23, 2008
        

Higher fares and new fees are irritating air travelers, but airlines still can't raise money or cut flights fast enough to cover ever-higher fuel prices. ... Airlines were already charging $25 to check a second piece of luggage, but American will break new ground next...

Other airlines don't follow American's rate hike lead

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May 23, 2008
        

KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 23--American Airlines yesterday remained the only major U.S. carrier planning to charge $15 for passengers' first checked baggage, with other big airlines continuing to say they will study the matter before making any firm decisions. Fort Worth, Texas-based...

                   

NICKLAUS: Without higher fares, airlines face bleak future

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May 23, 2008
        

Airlines aren't trying to look mean, heartless and arrogant, although it may seem that way. Coming on top of fees for a second bag ($25 at American and several other airlines), meals, curbside check-in and even, in some cases, sitting in an aisle seat, passengers may feel like they're being...

                   

Turbulence worsening for airlines

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May 23, 2008
        

They can't keep up with fuel prices THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • May 23, 2008 DALLAS — Higher fares and new fees are irritating air travelers, but airlines still can't raise money or cut flights fast enough to cover ever-higher fuel prices. Airlines were already charging $25 to check a second piece of...

Bag the fee

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May 23, 2008
        

Bag the fee These are tough times for the airline industry. After dealing for years with inflexible unions, crowded air corridors and customers obsessed with finding rock-bottom fares, the airlines are buckling under the weight of soaring fuel costs. That...

Bag the fee (USATODAY.com)

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May 23, 2008
        

USATODAY.com - These are tough times for the airline industry. After dealing for years with inflexible unions, crowded air corridors and customers obsessed with finding rock-bottom fares, the airlines are buckling under the weight of soaring fuel costs.

Passengers React To Additional Airline Fees

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May 23, 2008
        

High fuel costs aren't just hitting your pocketbooks when you fill your gas tanks. They're also slamming the airline industry, which means its likely going to cost you to fly during the summer travel season. American Airlines will soon start charging $15 to check a single piece of luggage....

                   
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Airline to cut flights, jobs as oil prices spike

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May 23, 2008
        

American Airlines says it will cut domestic flights significantly, shed workers and raise some fees charged to passengers as it battles to offset rocketing crude oil prices. The airline's parent firm AMR Corp said its moves would result in an unspecified number of job losses at American Airlines...

                   

Can air travelers be pushed more?

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May 23, 2008
        

By David Koenig Associated Press Associated Press file Photo by Carolyn Kaster In this Nov. 14 photo, an AvFlight employee, right, pulls a fuel hose up to a plane on the tarmac at Harrisburg, Pa., International Airport to fuel it before its next flight. Airlines were already charging $25 to check...