Tuesday April 6, 12:23 am ET
By Bill Bergstrom, AP Business Writer
Southwest's Arrival Makes Philadelphia a Showdown City for US Airways Over Costs
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- In the ferocious world of airline competition, Philadelphia represents different prospects to different carriers: a land of opportunity for low-fare king Southwest Airlines, but a hard-fought last stand for struggling mainstream carrier US Airways.
Just a year after cutting costs dramatically and emerging from bankruptcy, US Airways is again looking for ways to make deep reductions in what still are the highest operating costs of any U.S. airline, on the basis of seats available and miles flown.
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By Bill Bergstrom, AP Business Writer
Southwest's Arrival Makes Philadelphia a Showdown City for US Airways Over Costs
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- In the ferocious world of airline competition, Philadelphia represents different prospects to different carriers: a land of opportunity for low-fare king Southwest Airlines, but a hard-fought last stand for struggling mainstream carrier US Airways.
Just a year after cutting costs dramatically and emerging from bankruptcy, US Airways is again looking for ways to make deep reductions in what still are the highest operating costs of any U.S. airline, on the basis of seats available and miles flown.
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