1.0 link 107691 <![CDATA[Northwest Airlines Slashing More Flights]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/17/northwest-airlines-slashi_n_107691.html Northwest Airlines said Tuesday that it planned to eliminate more planes from its fleet, including Boeing, Airbus and McDonnell Douglas jets, by the end of December, its second cut in capacity this year.

The airline attributed the reductions, the latest by a major airline, to the record price of jet fuel, which has nearly doubled in the last year.

Northwest will ground 14 Boeing 757 and Airbus jets during the final three months of 2008. It also said that only 61 of...

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