Rising Oil Prices Add to Airline Woes

A doubling of oil prices since February to almost $70 a barrel is putting a new squeeze on airlines, which already are coping with a plunge in demand for air travel and double-digit declines in yields. British Airways Chief Executive Willie Walsh believes the recent whiff of recovery in global...

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