United cuts jobs, planes

Courtesy Marketplace  Wed, 06/04/2008 - 13:28

High fuel prices have driven United to cut 1,500 jobs and ground 100 of its planes. Jill Barshay explains the lengths airlines have been forced to go to in order to cut costs.


 

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