Bad news week for airlines
A deep dark cloud rained bad news on the airline industry this week. Note: I link to CNN stories here because they don’t go into archive and don’t get deleted after two weeks. To recap:
- More than a hundred thousand passengers get stranded at Heathrow after a British Airways strike (article)
- The New York Times reports that airport delays are at the worst since 2000 (article)
- Airplane fuel is now an issue, prompting the majors to raise fares and raising the possibility of big problems on the tarmac (article, article)
- Delta and Independence Air share more bad news about potential bankruptcy (article, article)
- CNN investigates U.S. airport security for three months and finds lots of problems, then decides to pile on and release the news this week (swell move, guys) (article)
Hope this week is better, people.
Sunday Update: Plane crashes in Greece, killing all 128 on board (article). Not a good start for the week.
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