Get Your Plane Tickets Now While They’re Cheap (KSHB-TV Kansas City) With the weak economy, airlines are under pressure to fill seats. That means carriers like United, American and Southwest are reducing prices.

Cheap Fares Await Air Travelers In 2009 (WCVB Boston) A wave of fare sales spreads across the airline industry in the early days of the new year.

Cheap Fares Await Air Travelers In 2009 (KPRC Local 2 Houston) A wave of fare sales has spread across the airline industry in the early days of the new year as the weak economy continues to put pressure on carriers to fill seats even after they drastically reduced capacity and some expressed willingness to cut more.