[P][BR][FONT face=Times New Roman size=4][STRONG]Highways Vs Airways[/STRONG][/FONT][/P]
[P][SPAN class=headlineblack][A href=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/02/national/main520478.shtml][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3]http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/02/national/main520478.shtml[/FONT][/A][/SPAN][BR][BR][SPAN class=headlineblack][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3][STRONG]AP wrote: [/STRONG]Security checks, random searches, new airline ticket fees and other hassles since the Sept. 11 attacks have kept many people off planes and on the road, particularly for short trips. The number of people flying commercially between 200 miles and 400 miles [STRONG]dropped 22 percent [/STRONG]in the year after the attacks, according to a survey by D.K. Shifflet & Associates Ltd. in Falls Church, Va. [/FONT][/SPAN][BR][BR][SPAN class=headlineblack][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3][STRONG]Chip comments: [/STRONG][SPAN class=headlineblack][SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA]No single airline has been hurt more due to the attacks of September 11 than US. The forced closure of DCA, which accounts for 5 percent of the carriers total annual revenue, and the dramatic shift in short-haul travel passenger preference has dramatically hurt US. Nobody likes this situation, but US and its employees adjust to this new reality and the secular shift in consumer buying patterns or the airline could cease to exist.[/SPAN][/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][BR][BR][SPAN class=headlineblack][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3][SPAN class=headlineblack][SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA][/SPAN][/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][SPAN class=headlineblack][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3]Chip[/FONT][/SPAN][BR][BR][SPAN class=headlineblack][BR][BR][BR][/SPAN][BR][BR][BR][/P]
[P][SPAN class=headlineblack][A href=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/02/national/main520478.shtml][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3]http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/02/national/main520478.shtml[/FONT][/A][/SPAN][BR][BR][SPAN class=headlineblack][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3][STRONG]AP wrote: [/STRONG]Security checks, random searches, new airline ticket fees and other hassles since the Sept. 11 attacks have kept many people off planes and on the road, particularly for short trips. The number of people flying commercially between 200 miles and 400 miles [STRONG]dropped 22 percent [/STRONG]in the year after the attacks, according to a survey by D.K. Shifflet & Associates Ltd. in Falls Church, Va. [/FONT][/SPAN][BR][BR][SPAN class=headlineblack][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3][STRONG]Chip comments: [/STRONG][SPAN class=headlineblack][SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA]No single airline has been hurt more due to the attacks of September 11 than US. The forced closure of DCA, which accounts for 5 percent of the carriers total annual revenue, and the dramatic shift in short-haul travel passenger preference has dramatically hurt US. Nobody likes this situation, but US and its employees adjust to this new reality and the secular shift in consumer buying patterns or the airline could cease to exist.[/SPAN][/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][BR][BR][SPAN class=headlineblack][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3][SPAN class=headlineblack][SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA][/SPAN][/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][SPAN class=headlineblack][FONT face=Times New Roman size=3]Chip[/FONT][/SPAN][BR][BR][SPAN class=headlineblack][BR][BR][BR][/SPAN][BR][BR][BR][/P]
