Posted by admin on March 22nd, 2011
Rising airfares result of more than just fuel costs
By Scott Mayerowitz Mar 14, 2011 03:59PM
Posted by admin on March 21st, 2011
Airlines have used surging oil prices to justify fare increases of up to $60 per ticket since the start of the year. but the rising cost of fuel isn’t the only reason it’s getting more difficult to find cheap fares.
Posted by admin on March 13th, 2011
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZAP Airlines Writer
Airlines have used surging oil prices to justify fare increases of up to $60 per ticket since the start of the year. But the rising cost of fuel isn't the only reason it's getting more difficult to find cheap fares.
Posted by admin on March 12th, 2011
Airlines have used surging oil prices to justify fare increasesof up to $60 per ticket since the start of the year. but the risingcost of fuel isn’t the only reason it’s getting more difficult tofind cheap fares.
Posted by admin on January 24th, 2011
DALLAS (AP) – American Airlines is doing much better than a year ago, bringing in more revenue than expected, but it’s still losing money and trailing other big airline companies. American also says it’s talking with Expedia and Orbitz about getting its flights listed again on the online travel agencies’ websites. the dispute over how airline tickets are distributed threatens to make American flights harder to find – one more challenge facing the nation’s third-biggest airline company. American parent AMR Corp. said it lost $97 million in the fourth quarter, or 29 cents per share. That’s a smaller loss than AMR posted a year ago, and it beat the forecast of analysts, who expected a loss of 36 cents per share, according to FactSet. AMR, based in Fort Worth, Texas, continues to lag other airlines in recovering from the recession. Delta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday that it earned $19 million in the fourth quarter, and analysts expect other big US airlines to post profits as they report their results over the next two weeks. AMR revenue rose 10.3 percent, to $5.59 billion – better than analysts expected – but Delta’s jumped 14 percent. Airlines have pushed fares higher, thanks to their ability to limit flights and fill more planes. On the average American flight in 2010, 81.9 percent of the seats were filled. That’s a record. the airlines have also raised money by imposing a variety of fees. at AMR, the catch-all category of “other revenue,” which includes baggage fees and food sales, grew just 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter, to $599 million.
Posted by admin on January 21st, 2011
American still losing money
American Airlines is doing much better than a year ago, bringing in more revenue than expected, but it’s still losing money and trailing other big airline companies. American also says it’s talking with Expedia and Orbitz about getting its flights listed again on the online travel agencies’ websites. The dispute over how airline tickets are distributed threatens to make American flights harder to find — one more challenge facing the nation’s third-biggest airline company.
Posted by admin on November 29th, 2010
Many fliers will pay more
Posted by admin on November 7th, 2010
Beth Millett is the envy of other holiday season travelers who are still phoning travel agents and studying websites, searching for the lowest airfares still available.
Posted by admin on October 17th, 2010
FORT WORTH, Texas — Travelers, prepare your wallets.
Airfares for the coming holiday season are up about 17 percent from last year, and travel experts don’t expect prices to drop anytime soon.
Posted by admin on October 17th, 2010
A host of new — and hard-to-find — airfare deals could make flying Junior home for Thanksgiving even cheaper this year, courtesy of an airline industry desperate for passengers. And in some cases, you don’t even need to be a full-time student to take advantage of the discounts.
