ATA: US airline costs continue rising but aren't preventing profitability

US passenger airlines' costs rose 5% year-over-year in the 2010 third quarter, the third straight reporting period that saw costs increase, according to the latest Airline Cost Index released Thursday by the US Air Transport Assn. The three largest cost components were fuel, labor and transport...

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