R.I.P. Ted

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 06.05.08 | 10:31 AM ET

United will discontinue its low-cost airline, Ted, which launched in 2004. The move is part of a United-wide effort to offset rising fuel costs.

Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.

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