Airlines find used-jet buyers scant
Idled aircraft sucking up cash, being peddled overseas
BY MARY SCHLANGENSTEIN BLOOMBERG NEWS
American Airlines flights are serviced at their gates at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in this May photo.
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American Airlines, United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc., stung by fuel costs and a drop in traffic, face a new challenge of what to do with planes valued at $2 billion now idled or set to be grounded through 2009.
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This article was published Wednesday, November 19, 2008.
Business, Pages 27, 32 on 11/19/2008