Airline fares taking off again due to fuel cost
DALLAS — Airfares at major U.S. airlines are climbing again. The airlines are raising fares to cover higher jet fuel prices.
Fuel prices are over $3 a gallon. Delta touched off the latest hikes by adding up to $20 to the price of domestic round-trip flights for tickets bought on short notice.
American choose a more modest increase of $10 per round trip but applied it to virtually all tickets for travel within the 48 contiguous states.
By midday Thursday, Delta, United, Continental and US Airways had all settled on matching American’s $10 increase.
None of the low-cost airlines had raised prices, according to Rick Seaney of FareCompare.com.
