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US Airways losing altitude quickly

By Russell Grantham, Palm Beach Post-Cox News Service
Wednesday, February 4, 2004

Only 10 months after emerging from bankruptcy, US Airways' future is in doubt once again.

The airline's losses are mounting. Southwest Airlines and other low-fare carriers are invading its turf. It has the industry's highest costs, and it is struggling to get more concessions from angry employees.

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A Suggested Route for US Airways

By Steven Pearlstein
Wednesday, February 4, 2004; Page E01

US Airways is an important part of the Washington economy, but its future -- like that of all the other old-line carriers -- is very much up in the air. In today's competitive environment, none of them can survive with their current cost structures and strategies. And getting those right is going to require everyone -- employees, managers and government regulators -- to think outside the box.

Article 2

Jim
 
BB,

That article makes sense...all but perhaps the US/UA merger thing. I'm still not sure that's the right way to go although a deeper codeshare arrangement might be in order.

Thanks for posting the article.
 

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