Mary Schlangenstein

American, United ready no-frills fares to take on discounters

June 10, 2018 at 8:07 p.m.

Stung by competition from ultra-discount carriers, American Airlines and United Continental are striking back with cheap, no-frills tickets of their own. By year-end, the pair plans to lure budget travelers...

A Frontier Airlines plane stands by at a Terminal 3 gate at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016.

Cheap fuel doesn’t mean cheap fares as airlines hold savings

June 11, 2018 at 11:01 a.m.

Rob Britton, who spent two decades with American Airlines Group, is unapologetic in defending the profits his former employer and other U.S. carriers are making. Sure, fuel's cheap, but what...

SHELL TESTS AUTOMATIC FUELING

August 11, 2021 at 2:29 p.m.

Shell Oil Co. is testing an automated gasoline pump that will use a robotic arm to refuel a car without a customer or attendant. The Shell Smart Pump system is...

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