Lower Fuel Prices Help Airline Industry
Discount air carriers are doing better financially this year than last. Several went bankrupt last year. David Field, U.S. editor for Airline Business Magazine tells Linda Wertheimer that one reason for the brighter outlook, is that fuel costs are lower than what they had been.
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