U.S. Airlines See Major Disruption, Some Losses

U.S. airlines are seeing a major disruption because of hundreds of flights canceled due to the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano, but European carriers will face the biggest losses.

The airline business has been tough: The recession dramatically slowed traffic; February blizzards forced U.S. airlines to cancel thousands of flights; and now the fallout from the volcano stopped all traffic in and out of northern Europe for days. But there is some ... Full Story »

Posted by Firuzeh Shokooh
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Posted by: Posted by Firuzeh Shokooh - Apr 21, 2010 - 6:30 AM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Apr 21, 2010 - 3:11 PM PDT

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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 21, 2010

Factual report about the economic impact of the Icelandic volcano on airlines. This short radio segment cites several industry analysts and consultants, and provides some context on how this disruption is affecting passengers as well as airlines.

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Kaizar Campwala
3.8
by Kaizar Campwala - Apr. 26, 2010

NPR doesn't just report about how US airlines have been impacted by the volcano, but uses the report to explain the dynamics of an industry that has weathered several economic crises in the last decade.

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Solana Larsen
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by Solana Larsen - Apr. 21, 2010

Instead of drumming up fear, this journalist speaks to industry analysts that put the volcano delays into perspective as a brief event that will not drastically affect US airlines.

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