Northwest with another announcement
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Just a couple days ago I
said how they are getting rid
of pretzels (and had some
comments) well now they have
moved on to another leg. This one I actually buy into since a lot
of people do not grab these as they filter onto the plane from that tiny
little area that you get whisked past by the onslaught of people boarding
behind you.
MINNEAPOLIS -- In
another effort to cut costs, Northwest Airlines is no longer stocking Newsweek,
Glamour and other magazines on its planes and in its passenger club lounges.
Cutting magazine subscriptions will
save the airline $565,000 this year.
World Traveler, Northwest's monthly
in-house magazine, will still be available.
Northwest is the nation's fourth-largest
airline.
It lost $458 million in the last quarter
alone and has been struggling with high fuel costs and tough labor negotiations.
Last week, Northwest said it will also
drop complimentary pretzel snacks on all domestic flights, beginning on
June 9.
Northwest is also proposing a $2-per-bag
fee for skycap service.
That fee is being used experimentally
in Seattle.
Now the Skycap fee is interesting because
I did not know that they controlled them. I though the airports themselves
did.
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On Thursday, June 2nd, 2005 by Chris Miller
