Skybust: Latest Bankruptcies Signal U.S. Airline Industry’s Fragility

Skybus’ decision to cease all of its services Saturday and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection made it the third failure of a U.S. scheduled service airline in a week and signifies the fragile state of the U.S. airline industry at current fuel prices, industry analysts and observers said...

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