Airlines Pull, Review Ads Following Tragedy

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NEW YORK — Many of America’s major airlines, already reeling from the effects of Sept. 11, have decided to postpone or review ad campaigns specifically designed to rebuild consumer confidence in air travel.

Analysts said that these temporary suspensions generally follow a crash, such as Monday’s tragic event with American Airlines Flt. 587. But American is taking extra precautions to be particularly sensitive in light of Sept. 11, when one of its planes was hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower and another was flown into the Pentagon.

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