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<text id=89TT2209>
<title>
Aug. 28, 1989: Business Notes:Airlines
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Aug. 28, 1989 World War II:50th Anniversary
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 57
Business Notes
AIRLINES
Return of the Cheap Seats
</hdr><body>
<p> When Continental Airlines set off a round of deep discounts
on Aug. 1, rival carriers hoped the price cutting would end by
autumn. But last week Trans World Airlines launched the fiercest
fare war in more than two years by slashing its lowest rates on
round-trip fall tickets. A typical reduction would cut the
cheapest Chicago-San Francisco fare from $323 to $198. The
heavily restricted discounts apply to tickets purchased by Sept.
1 for U.S. flights from Sept. 9 to Dec. 15. Other airlines
quickly matched the cut-rate fares. Eastern, struggling to
return to the air despite a long strike by machinists, said it
would offer discounts with fewer restrictions beginning Sept.
7.
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</body></article>
</text>