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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Higher fuel costs push air fares up again

You're payijng more to fill your gas tank and airlines are paying more for jet fuel, prompting carriers to raise their base fares again, according to this AP story. As the story points out, many fare increases can be followed by fare sales, so the average fare in 2011, despite a dozen increases in the base prices, was up 7 percent at Southwest, the largest carrier in passengers carried.
Posted by Tom Belden @ 4:39 PM  Permalink | 3 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:42 AM, 02/17/2012
    The article says that Southwest and jet blue are leading the latest round of air fare increases......Not the largest carriers in passengers carried..
    — STEVE5444
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:01 PM, 02/17/2012
    Actually, Southwest IS the largest carrier of pasengers in the lower 48 states.......
    — Jim McCloskey
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:38 PM, 02/18/2012
    To clarify the original post and add comment: Jim is right, Southwest carries the most domestic passengers, and has for about the last five or six years. Steve is right in that Delta now has more total domestic and international passengers since it acquired Northwest. Here's a BTS news release for October numbers, the most recent available: http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2012/bts003_12/html/bts003_12.html
    — tbelden


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About Tom Belden
Tom Belden has been reporting about Philadelphia International Airport and other air travel subjects for more than 20 years, writing columns for The Inquirer's Travel and Business sections. His reporting (with colleague Craig McCoy) on baggage handling problems in Philadelphia have been credited with helping to improve the system. His previous blog was called Road Warrior. He can reached at tbelden@phillynews.com.
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