http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/15/daily20.html?ed= =3D2009-06-16&ana=3De_du_pub Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 6:10am PDT American to end San Jose-Austin 'nerd bird' flights Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal The Austin-San Jose "Nerd Bird" will stop flying on Aug. 25. American Airlines has announced that as part of its cost-cutting it will end the two daily non-stop flights it has offered between San Jose and Austin since 1992. The flights were usually filled with tech workers, hence the nickname "Nerd Bird." Direct flights between Mineta San Jose International Airport and other tech hubs including Boston, which also gained the nickname, have been curtailed in the ongoing downturn in air travel, as well. Now Austin-San Jose travelers will have to take a connecting flight or fly direct into San Francisco or Oakland. The number of daily departures at San Jose's airport has dropped from 177 in 2007 to about 149 last month. All contents of this site =A9 American City Business Journals Inc. All rights reserved. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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".