=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2008/08/29/financial/= f085713D34.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, August 29, 2008 (AP) A look at US airlines' domestic capacity cuts By The Associated Press (08-29) 08:57 PDT (AP) -- AirTran Airways: Plans for capacity to fall 7 percent to 8 percent betwe= en September and December. Alaska Airlines: Its parent company has said the carrier's fourth-quarter mainline capacity will be cut by 5 percent compared with 2007. American Airlines: Plans to cut its U.S. flying by up to 12 percent after the busy summer travel season ends. Continental Airlines: Its plans include reducing flights in the U.S. this fall by about 10 percent. Delta Air Lines: It has said it intends to cut domestic capacity by 13 percent during the second half of the year. A spokeswoman said a good portion of that would come during the fall. JetBlue Airways: It has said it expects September capacity to be down 10 percent and does not expect to grow next year. Northwest Airlines: It is planning to cut fourth-quarter consolidated domestic capacity by 7 percent to 8 percent. United Airlines: Fourth-quarter mainline domestic capacity will shrink 16 percent compared with the previous year. US Airways: It will reduce capacity 6 percent to 8 percent on domestic flights in the fourth quarter. SOURCE: Airlines' second-quarter earnings releases, AP archives, AP interviews, airline comments at investor conferences. ---------------------= ------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2008 AP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".