April 30, 2008

ABCNews.com Column: Why Airlines Might Abandon Your City

My weekly column for ABCNews.com highlights the fact that plunging profits and rising costs are forcing airlines to bail on certain routes and even certain cities altogether. So, could you pull up to the airport only to find you have no way of getting out of town? Well, it hasn’t reached that level yet, but some cities will definitely start to feel the pinch. To learn more, please check out the entire story on ABCNews.com (also picked up in the Huffington Post business section).

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