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BUSINESS, Page 49Business NotesAIRLINESCutting Them Off at the Gate
Do some airlines have too large a share of business at certain
airports? The Justice Department showed its concern about that
possibility last week, when it opposed Eastern Air Lines' proposed
$75 million sale of eight gates at the Philadelphia airport to
USAir. Reason: USAir would control 23 of the airport's 49 gates.
Consumer activists contend that such dominance gives a carrier an
unfair ability to boost fares.
In a new study, the General Accounting Office reported last
week that at airports with one or two dominant carriers, fares per
passenger-mile were 27% higher than at other airports. Airline
spokesmen disputed the conclusion. The Air Transport Association,
an industry group, released a study showing that fares were only
3.8% higher at hub airports. Congressional subcommittees are
studying both reports.