Profits return

1996-09-01T00:00:00

It's been a long haul, but at last the airline industry can rejoice. Last year, the 100 largest airlines made a collective net profit of $5.7 billion, the first positive bottom line since 1989. And the industry's operating profit reached the record level of $15.5 billion, half as much again ...

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