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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 10:38 pm
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TED IS DEAD (or will be) 6/4/08 [Merged Threads]

from WSJ.com:
in addition to the fleet and personnel reductions:
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"...United is expected to rid itself of its "Ted" sub-branded service that serves domestic leisure destinations with 56 all-coach A320 aircraft. The company dreamed up Ted in the early days of its bankruptcy case, which ran from late 2002 to early 2006, as a way of reducing costs on its most competitive domestic routes by cramming more seats on the planes by doing away with first-class cabins.

Instead, the airline will put first-class cabins back on some of those planes, bowing to pressure from its premium passengers who didn't like flying coach to Sunbelt destinations, said a person with knowledge of the matter...."

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