Fares on major airlines up again, 7th time this year (Winging It)

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Fares on major airlines up again, 7th time this year

The six major network airlines -- American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and US Airways -- have raised their base airfares for the seventh time this year, according to www.bestfares.com. The prices went up from $10 to $30 roundtrip, depending on the length of a flight. The latest round means that a refundable coach ticket now has gone up $170 roundtrip in the last four months, according to Bestfares CEO Tom Parsons. Fares have not gone up as much on routes where there's low-cost competition. The culprit here is the price of oil.

Posted by Tom Belden on April 11, 2008 5:02 PM | Permalink

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YHS:

MEMO: American Airlines will raise their fares due to cancellation of over 1000 flights and lose revenue and will blame the FAA
All other airlines affected by FAA inspections, United, Southwest etc will raise fares and blame FAA..
YHS

Posted by YHS | April 12, 2008 2:54 PM

Posted on April 12, 2008 14:54

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Tom Belden, a former Inquirer business writer, has written about Philadelphia International Airport, airlines, the travel industry, the conventions and meetings business for 25 years. He has traveled to all 50 states and extensively in Europe and Mexico.