Article: Airline Finance News - North America.(Company overview)

Oct 4, 2009

U.S. airlines have slashed capacity, and recession-battered demand is showing signs of returning, but carriers like Southwest Airlines may scramble to fill planes this winter with big fare discounts, a fare expert said on Tuesday. "This is actually the best time to start shopping for air travel. In fact, there have been a bunch of fare sales filed last night," said Rick Seaney, chief executive of farecompare.com. Southwest on Tuesday offered discounted fares on travel any day except Fridays and Sundays from Oct. 13 through Feb. 11. "It's a pretty big window," Seaney said. "Southwest has been slowly extending their window of sales and flight ...

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