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A lone traveler walks in the deserted baggage claim area for American Airlines at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago
Thursday, May. 22, 2008

Open quoteThe airline industry as it is constituted today was not built to withstand oil prices at $125 a barrel.Close quote

  • GERARD ARPEY
  • American Airlines CEO, announcing the airline planned to begin charging most passengers $15 to check a single piece of luggage
Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP | Source: FT