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   From: thomas.smith19@worldnet.att.net-NO-SPAM   
      
   I heard that Frontier Airlines was considering Pittsburgh, as well as Kansas   
   City and Saint Louis, as a secondary hub, but they got additional space at   
   Denver so they don't need to start a secondary hub yet.   
      
   Tom Smith   
      
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   news:virtb.1236$sb4.572@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   > Arlington-based US Airways has been denied permission to extend its lease   
   at   
   > Pittsburgh International Airport for another year, after the two sides   
   > couldn't reach an agreement on cutting debt. The carrier's lease ends in   
   > January.   
   >   
   > US Airways just announced it will have to make even more cost cuts next   
   > year, as much as $300 million, and try to return to profitability after   
   > coming out of bankruptcy protection last spring.   
   >   
   > Meanwhile, US Airways faces more competition as discount carrier Southwest   
   > plans to start service in Philadelphia, a US Airways stronghold. Now there   
   > is word that another discount carrier is looking for funding to go head to   
   > head with US Airways in its main markets, including at Reagan National   
   > Airport. It's called Project Roam for now, since there is no name for the   
   > proposed airline yet, and it plans to raise $100 million and start flying   
   > next June.   
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   http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2003/11/10/daily35.html   
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