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Air Piracy.

GOOZNER, MERRILL

The predatory pricing of big airlines often drives upstart competitors from a route--or out of business entirely.

The latest news about the deregulated airline industry leaves little hope that the American flying experience will rise above its sub-Greyhound Bus standard any time soon. The steady march toward oligopoly continues. Service keeps deteriorating. American Airlines has taken over the bankrupt TWA. United Airlines may yet find a way to convince a Republican-run Justice Department that a merger with U.S. Airways isn't anti-competitive. And the Department of ...