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Discount Airlines Alter Caribbean Mix
Wall Street Journal But the major US airlines are retreating in part because discounters such as JetBlue, Spirit Airlines and AirTran Holdings Inc. are aggressively beefing up … |
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Too much LUV for discounters
The Daily Deal … JetBlue Airways Inc. (NASDAQ:JBLU), Spirit Airlines Inc., Virgin America Inc. and Frontier Airlines Inc. have established their own niches. … JP Morgan sees little threat to Delta from Southwest's AirTran buyATWOnline A few more opinions on Southwest-AirTran dealFort Worth Star Telegram (blog) |
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Spirit Airlines is Going Public and Its Business Model is Producing Stellar …
BNET (blog) People love to hate Spirit Airlines for its unapologetic low fare, high fee approach, but guess what? It's making the airline a lot of money. … |
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Baggage fees cause ripple effect
Atlanta Journal Constitution The scene he describes is one of the unintended consequences of the baggage fees, which became the norm in 2008 and since then have risen to $20 on AirTran … |
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AirTran's New Bag Fee Will Lift Earnings – CRT Capital Group
Wall Street Journal AirTran Airways will increase its checked-luggage fee by $5 on Sept. 1, which should help the budget airline fatten its bottom line, according to a Tuesday … AirTran Airways to Up Checked-Baggage Fee by $5 (AAI)Comtex Smartrend AirTran boosts fee for first bag to $20msnbc.com |