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Airline Profits Soar on Hellish 3Q

Consumer groups are furious

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 19, 2007 6:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – The worst summer in a decade for the air traveler turned into the most lucrative for the airline industry. Carriers' profits soared on overbooking that led to cramped conditions and a quarter of all flights arriving late, the LA Times reports. Consumer groups are furious....   Read full story »

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