A traveler checks at the counter of United Express at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The parent of United Airlines is reporting a money-losing third quarter Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, but it could have been worse. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

A traveler checks at the counter of United Express at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The parent of United Airlines is reporting a money-losing third quarter Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, but it could have been worse.

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  1. In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, a traveler checks at the counter of JetBlue Airways at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. JetBlue Airways Corp. said Thursday it made money in the third quarter thanks to lower costs and cheaper fares that drew more passengers.
  2. A traveler checks at the counter of United Express at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The parent of United Airlines is reporting a money-losing third quarter Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, but it could have been worse.
  3. Travelers check at the counter of Alaska Airlines at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Improvements it has made in on-time performance and being insulated from the slump in international travel helped Alaska Air Group post a profit for the third quarter.
  4. In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, an American Airlines jet plane takes off at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. American's parent, AMR Corp., on Wednesday, Oct. 21 said it lost about $300 million in the third quarter.
  5. BURBANK, CA - SEPTEMBER 02: In this photo taken on August 30, 2009, Southwest passengers walk off the plane at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 09: A plaque dedicated to those lost on United Airlines Flight 93 is seen after a Congressional plaque dedication. on September 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Members of Congress held a remembrance ceremony to honor the victims of 9/11/2001.
  7. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, and relatives of United Airlines Flight 93 pray after unveiling a plaque at the East Front Lobby of the Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2009. Flight 93 was hijacked on September 11, 2001 and crashed in Pennsylvania.
  8. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, and relatives of United Airlines Flight 93 pray after unveiling a plaque at the East Front Lobby of the Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2009. Flight 93 was hijacked on September 11, 2001 and crashed in Pennsylvania.
  9. A plaque dedicated to United Airlines Flight 93 is unveiled at the East Front Lobby of the Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2009. Flight 93 was hijacked on September 11, 2001 and crashed in Pennsylvania.
  10. Atendees look at a plaque dedicated to United Airlines Flight 93 at the East Front Lobby of the Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2009.
  11. CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 25: Passengers stand in line to check-in inside the United Airlines terminal the day before Thanksgiving at O'Hare International Airport November 25, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. According to AAA, 38.4 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home over the holiday weekend, an increase of 1.4 percent over last year. The number of people traveling by car is expected to increase by 2.1 percent while the number of fliers is projected to drop 6.7 percent.
  12. A man checks in at the United Airlines ticket counter at LaGuardia Airport in New York, November 24, 2009. The number of air travelers over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday will be down this year, which means shorter lines and fewer airport hassles, but full planes and new fees may keep passengers grumbling.
  13. People wait in line at the United Airlines counter at LaGuardia Airport in New York in this file photo from November 25, 2008. The number of air travelers over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday will be down this year, which means shorter lines and fewer airport hassels, but full planes and new fees may keep passengers grumbling.

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