Fuel Prices Drive LCCs To Cut Long-Haul Routes

Route casualties caused by high fuel costs are climbing for low-cost carriers, which have even less leeway than legacy airlines to raise fares to make up the difference. Frontier notified the U.S. Transportation Dept. March 31 that it is ending service on six of its U.S.-Mexico routes between mid...

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