Article: Airlines' panic benefits travelers - for now

Joe Sharkey The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
03-18-2009
Airlines' panic benefits travelers - for now
Byline: Joe Sharkey The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 3
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS

Worried about filling seats, airlines have hit the panic button. Amazing airfare sales are breaking out all over. Actually, the sales are breaking out mostly on routes where the competition is heavy or business travel has really plummeted.

Not only is the extent of the discounts extraordinary - $158 for a round-trip ticket between Denver and Houston on a sale announced Monday by Frontier Airlines; $548 on Delta between New York and Dublin; $598 round trip between Los Angeles ...

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