[C3.] Shopping and Travel Sites Team Up CometSystems.com will begin a service with Orbitz, the travel site, to display fare options without sending users to other Web sites.
On Monday night, United Airlines announced what it called "new fare options" that included reductions of 50percentt off regular walk-up business fares for 21-day advance purchases and 25percentt off for 10-day advance purchases.
American's new coach fare options are "another example of how we're building toward a new, innovative and more modern airline," said Rob Friedman, the vice president for marketing at the airline, which is about to emerge from bankruptcy court protection and is in talks with US Airways.
Southwest has been bundling its fare options for some time, with tiered fares offering different change fees, boarding options, onboard beverage inclusions, and frequent-flyer earnings.
While Kingfisher and the market leader, Jet Airways, have bought rivals, fly multiple plane models and have struggled to mix full-service and low-fare options, IndiGo offers one class of no-frills service on a single type of plane, the same strategy pioneered by the U.S. carrier Southwest Airlines.
Later, the company developed additional lower-fare options that allowed it to move down the market.
We hope these new choices will enable the lone woman traveler to get around safely, or the college student on a budget to get around cheaper with the fare split option.
Mr. Kalikow said he discussed the fare-increase options with Governor Pataki, who controls the authority board and maintained during his recent re-election campaign that he opposed an increase.
Tips for take-out food, street fare and supermarket options are welcome.
American, based in Fort Worth, Tex., has developed a system of its own called Direct Connect that provides fare pricing and options directly to larger online travel agencies.
