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Aging Airlines Can't Catch Up to Younger Rivals

Recent changes haven't helped 'legacy' carriers

By Sarah Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 7, 2009 8:52 AM CDT

(Newser) – Despite many rounds of cost-cutting, so-called legacy airlines—United, Delta, US Airways—still face costs 35% higher than low-fare carriers like JetBlue and Southwest, the Wall Street Journal reports. The younger outfits have maintained a “cost gap” analysts thought their older peers could close...   Read full story »

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