Despite a slower economy, low-cost carriers in the U.S. are growing
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Low-cost carriers have come to represent not so much a wide price variation, but a different way of thinking at the corporate level and goals for fliers that are focused on retention and rewards through more creative means.
The economy may be slowing, but low-cost carriers are still growing, according to several airline executives who spoke at an aviation conference in Dallas on Monday.
Spirit Airlines, which has expanded service at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to 26 destinations within two years of launching in North Texas, expects to grow by 15 to 20 percent, said chief executive Ben Baldanza.
Baldanza said his airline's low-cost model, where customer pay for seating assignments and b
