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The airlines need to solve airfare pricing problems because their algorithms depend on historic data that is no longer relevant.

Although it led the world in airport traffic during June, Dallas-Fort Worth is adjusting to the massive plunge in air travel.

Called ghost flights, empty passenger jets are being redeployed for freight although their seats and cargo holds are not ideal.

Although airplane middle seat misery appears only to affect its occupant, widening that seat will be felt felt far beyond the people who sit there.

Sometimes invisible, the Southwest Effect has influenced air fares and air traffic since the 1970s when Southwest was a small Texas carrier.

Looking at routes, aircraft size and the types of travelers, you can see the tradeoffs airlines make when they decide which flights will be canceled.