Sep. 27, 2010 at 2:04 p.m.
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Updated
An AirTran plane takes off. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file
The proposed consolidation between Southwest and AirTran could lead to higher airfares at Midway Airport, especially to vacation destinations, according to one industry analyst.
“A lot of the rock-bottom fares from Midway to Florida were often initiated by AirTran,” said Joseph Schwieterman, a transportation expert at DePaul University, Chicago.
The merger would increase the pace at which Midway is becoming what Schwieterman called “a one-airline act.” Get the full story »
July 28, 2010 at 1:54 p.m.
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Airlines,
Government
By Associated Press
If you think air fares have been rising, it’s not your imagination.
Figures just released from the government, though a bit dated, show that airline prices in the first three months of this year rose nearly 5 percent from a year earlier. And that doesn’t include baggage fees and other extras.
But average fares are 25 percent lower than they were in 1999 adjusting for inflation, the government says. Get the full story »
