Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 38 fare hikes 35 airlines 34 bruising 34 fuel surcharges 34 string 33 lay offs 33 slashing 33 slash 32 UAL Corp. s 32 hefty 32 slashes 32 retrenchments 32 sharp 32 steep 32 baton 32 crippling 32 hikes 31 belt tightening 31 protracted 31 staggered 31 fended off 31 cuts 31 weathered 31 cutting 30 airline 30 prolonged 30 fuel surcharge 30 pare 30 cutbacks 30 squeezing 30 drastic 30 nimbly 30 restructurings 30 spiraling 30 retrenchment 30 intensifying 29 consolidations 29 fend 29 cut 29 successive 29 rollbacks 29 Arpey 29 reductions 29 retaliatory 29 hobble 29 dizzying 29 buffeted 28 cancellations 28 bankruptcies 28 rate hikes 28 wrest 28 strung together 28 restrain 28 downgrades 28 drag 28 disruptions 28 airfares 28 reeled 28 wobbles 28 take 28 withstood 28 monetary tightening 28 combos 28 sustained 28 slashed 28 disastrous 28 blunt 28 writedowns 28 stagger 28 claw 28 taken 27 setbacks 27 tightening 27 succession 27 soaring 27 savage 27 stem 27 ballooning 27 grapple 27 cushioned 27 fares 27 slowing 27 walkouts 27 highly publicized 27 redundancies 27 climbs 27 Southwest Airlines Co. 27 layoffs 27 stiff 27 painful 27 conductors 27 gamely 27 reorganizations 27 forestall 27 restructuring 27 easing 26 blunted 26 reeling 26 crimped 26 unilateral 26 slackening