Vapor trails

Vapor trails

Airlines cutting shorter flights, packing planes to boost profits



(From The Los Angeles Times) If you're having a hard time finding short-haul flights to small and medium-size cities, it's not your imagination.

A new study by the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation concluded that the elimination of thousands of flights of less than 500 miles is one result of the airline industry's efforts to prosper in the face of higher fuel costs and economic turbulence in the last few years.

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