With Flights Fewer but More Full, JetBlue and United Report Surprising Gains
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Shares of both airlines climbed as the industry showed glimmers of resurgence, at least temporarily.
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No-frills airline Easyjet reports a 25% rise in passenger traffic during November, helped by the addition of nine new routes.
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United Airlines is letting Mileage Plus frequent-flier members get free flights of under 700 miles each way for 15,000 points -- instead of the usual 25,000 -- if you book on United.com and travel before Dec. 14. From Logan, that covers flights on United and code-share partners as far as Washington, Montreal, and Toronto.
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AirTran's expansion in Chicago may be bumpy.
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Business travel by air is likely to  increase by about 10 percent in 2005 after an initial recovery  in 2004 but the uptick is seen aiding mainly low-cost carriers,  a U.S. industry survey released on Thursday found.
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BIG FARE INCREASES After United Airlines raised domestic fares across the board by $50 a round trip on Friday, most major carriers quickly followed with similar increases on many routes, according to FareCompare.com. The reason was sharply higher fuel costs. Delta Air Lines raised its round-trip fares by $50 immediately after Unitedâs move. American Airlines also posted $50 round-trip increases on 55 percent of its route system, though "conspicuously absent" are increases on its routes that overlap with many Southwest Airlines routes, said Rick Seaney, the chief executive of FareCompare.com. Then on Monday, Northwest Airlines also joined in the $50 increase on most of its routes. Continental Airlines, which initially raised fares by $50 on some routes on Friday, withdrew the increases Monday morning, but Mr. Seaney said it was unclear whether Continental might reverse course again soon. This was the second broad fare increase in 2008, and the 10th since last Labor Day, Mr. Seaney said, adding: "It seems the legacy airlines, United in particular, are forgoing the nickel-and-dime strategy of increases every few weeks and are going for the whole enchilada at one time.".
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FAA officials say new low-fare airline Independence Air has helped spike traffic at the airport, which now handles 600 to 800 more planes a day than it did last year.
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Continental Airlines Inc. reported strong traffic, helping it cope with rising jet fuel prices.
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United Airlines ran a summer quarter net loss of $274 million on an operating loss of $80 million. Revenues were 7 percent higher than summer of last year but jet fuel costs were up 60 percent.
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Airlines apparently pushed through a fare increase yesterday after months of unsuccessful attempts to raise prices, helping to offset record-high jet-fuel costs.
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As frustrated as travelers may be with crowded planes and delayed flights, these are the realities of the leaner U.S. airline industry as it claws its way back to profitability after a brutal years-long slump.
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No-frills airline Ryanair beat forecasts with an 18 per cent jump in half-year profit after a strong summer and cheered investors yesterday with a surprisingly upbeat take on the full year.
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Discount airlines that offer only premium seats are shaking up the lucrative transatlantic market
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Southwest Airlines (nyse: LUV - news - people ) on Friday said its traffic jumped 14.1% in November. The discount carrier carried 9.6% more passengers during the month than in the year-ago period.
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Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa  said it planned to offer 5.7 percent more seating capacity on its global flight network for the winter season, boosted by increases on U.S. and Asian routes.
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The small band of companies looking to bring mobile telephony to aircraft cabins received a boost this week when the first airlines from two of the world&#39;s fastest growing air travel markets signalled their intent to test the technology.
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Shares jumped nearly 4 percent after the low-cost carrier reported its first third-quarter profit in two years on higher occupancy rates and capacity.