March 13, 1997 (vol. 107, iss. 89) • Page Image 8
…8A -The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 13, 1997 NATION/WORLD Passengers give airlines bumpy reviews L os Angeles 'fmnic Last year, as you may have heard, was a good year for the United States' passenger airlines. Industry figures show they filled 69.8 percent of their seats, up from 67.3 percent in the very profitable year before. They boosted the number of miles flown by paying pas- sengers by 6.7 percent (to 548.9 bil- lion). And they ...…