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Airline cuts back mainline service.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Airline cuts back mainline service.(City/Region)(United going to smaller planes between Eugene and San Francisco in September)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard

A month ago, Eugene Airport officials threw a little party with cookies and punch to celebrate the return of United Airlines providing "mainline" service to San Francisco with Boeing 737s.

On Tuesday, Airport Director Tim Doll soberly announced that as of September, United would go back to flying smaller regional planes on the Eugene-San Francisco route due to the downturn in the nation's economy and skyrocketing fuel prices.

"It's extremely frustrating," Doll said. "It's a tough market right now."

Effective Sept. 1, United Airlines will go from four flights a day with 737s to six flights a day with the smaller,...

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