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Best airlines for today's busy skies: 23,000 readers tell which carriers deliver superior service.(Summer travel)(Product/service evaluation)(Survey)

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| July 01, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Packed planes, stingy service, and rising airfares have propelled the U.S. airline industry back into the black, but many passengers tell us they're seeing red. You'll increase your odds of a happy--or at least tolerable--flying experience by choosing one of the airlines that did well in our exclusive survey. You might even save some money.

Two such airlines top our Ratings: JetBlue Airways, the plucky price fighter based in Queens, N.Y., and Midwest Airlines, the Milwaukee-based carrier that bakes chocolate chip cookies for its passengers in flight.

Some 23,000 readers told us about their experiences on a total of 31,455 U.S. domestic flights in the ...

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