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Yes, the economy is touching the airlines again.  In efforts to cost cut, airlines are cutting down on international flight service.  While counter intuitive, the cuts will, in effect, increase capacity on existing routes.  Read more here via USA Today.

Runaway fuel prices and a weakening economy are forcing airlines to taper international expansion this fall, reducing the growth of new flight options from the USA to the slowest rate since 2003.

For October, airlines increased seats on non-stop flights from the lower 48 states to foreign destinations by just 1% compared with last October, a USA TODAY analysis of flight schedules shows.