United's struggles may reshape airline industry By Dan Reed, USA TODAY United Airlines is struggling to cut costs and avoid bankruptcy. United Airlines (UAL), struggling to slash costs and right itself financially, is poised to send big changes reverberating through the distressed airline industry. The world's second-largest airline has been developing a restructuring plan to help secure a $1.8 billion government-guaranteed loan. Without the guarantee, Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization seems inevitable. Either way, the airline must cut costs. And either way, its cost-cutting is going to affect its rivals. rest of the story with images and graph....... http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2002/2002-11-27-united.htm The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ The Trinbago Site of the Week: (nalis) http://www.nalis.gov.tt (T&T National Library & Information System Authority) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************