Northwest Airlines Matches Fare Increase Due to Continuing Rise in Fuel Costs
In response to rising fuel costs, Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced it will match the fare increases put in place by other air carriers.
Northwest will match the approximately 3%-5% increase first implemented by United Airlines and matched by Delta Air Lines, [...]

American Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: AMR), the world’s largest airline, and priceline.com® (Nasdaq: PCLN) today announced an agreement where American will make priceline.com its exclusive distribution partner for opaque airline tickets. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
“Opaque” refers to a type of purchase, such as priceline.com’s Name Your Own Price®, where a customer buys [...]