US airline CEOs: Fuel costs may force downsizing

Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines chiefs hinted that downsizing may be necessary to offset escalating fuel costs. With the per-barrel crude oil price topping $110, analysts have warned that cost cuts achieved during the US industry's restructuring earlier this decade are in danger of being...

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