But the list of losers is pretty long: other shareholders, stranded travelers and tax collectors.
The ash grounded flights for six days, and triggered a deluge of tweets and Facebook posts from stranded travelers asking for help.
U.S. officials are advising stranded travelers to stay put until help arrives.
Two dozen soldiers from the Kansas National Guard later searched the interstate and U.S. Highways 54 and 400 farther south for any stranded travelers.
It also told its volunteers and workers in Kansas City to be prepared to help in the case of power outages or large numbers of stranded travelers.
At the same time, airports are promoting services and amenities that can reduce some of the stress associated with delays -- like serenading stranded travelers with live music, tempting them with sophisticated wine bars and offering spas and gyms to work off their worries.
Horror stories abound of travelers stranded with malfunctioning phone cards or racking up thousand-dollar cellphone bills for international roaming charges.
As the eruption of Mount Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland stranded thousands of travelers at airports across Europe last month and again this, the intricacy and fragility of our tightly-wound, globally interconnected world was once again on display.
For a group of stranded European business travelers, the snow meant making the best of downtime in a hotel restaurant Friday night in downtown Boston, where snow blew outside and drifted several inches deep on the sidewalks.
She was one of the first reporters on the scene after a shooting at Los International Airport stranded thousands of travelers and took the life of TSA agent Gerardo Hernandez, marking the first on-duty death since the security organization was created in 2001.
Travelers are being stranded and flights are delayed, sometimes with a full load of passengers sitting on the runway for hours.
The aftermath has left thousands of travelers and residents stranded.
But missed connections can be extremely disruptive to travelers, often leaving them stranded for hours and even days.
President Bush ordered steps on Thursday to reduce the long delays at airports ahead of the holiday season, hoping to ease air traffic congestion that has increasingly angered travelers and left many passengers stranded at airports.
Upset travelers, some of whom have been stranded for days, are pushing Congress to adopt a passenger bill of rights.
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