THE LONG, THE SHORT OF IT

The U.S. government may tout its commitment to deregulation and the free-market, but periodic imposition of new taxes has a way of reshaping airline operations. When a new ``head tax'' (ticket tax plus per-segment fee) was instituted, Southwest Airlines found it necessary to introduce longer-haul...

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