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Airlines watch 15% of last year's revenue disappear

Airlines watch 15% of last year's revenue disappear Nov 22nd, 2009 at 12:00PM: U.S. airline passenger revenue fell in October, completing a full year of dismal monthly performances. From October 2008 to October 2008, passenger revenue dropped 15 percent, according to calculations by the Air Transport Association. The study was based on a sample group of more than 24 air carriers. Falling ticket prices are said to be the problem ... which means we can trace it back to ...

Wacky flight attendant announcements from an airline no longer with us

Jan 24th, 2009 at 12:30PM: This hilarious collection of cabin announcements was made by Kurt Stecker who recorded them during his time at ATA airlines. The clip is part comedy and part tribute to ATA, which ceased operation on April 2nd 2008. The end of ATA put 2300 people out of work, and stranded almost 10,000 passengers around the country. Still, it is obvious from the clip that at least one person working with ATA had ...

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