2008May22: American Airlines announces that it will cut flights and start charging passengers to check bags due to rising fuel costs (New York Times, 2008).
Reference: New York Times. 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/business/worldbusiness/23oilweb.html
Image Description: An American Airlines Boeing 757-200 at Punta Cana International Airport, Dominican Republic. Photo by Christopher Cooper, 2008Apr16. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:American_Airlines_Boeing_757_at_Punta_Cana.jpg Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. Image Permission: The copyright holder of this work, hereby releases it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
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