Holidaymakers face 40% hike in airfares due to soaring price of fuel

[UK] Daily Mail ^ | 06/19/2008 | Ray Massey

[C19fan]

Air fares could rise by 40 per cent because of the soaring cost of oil, industry experts warned yesterday.

The increase threatens to put holidays abroad out of reach for thousands of families.

It comes on top of fuel surcharges which have already added up to £872 to the cost of a long-haul flight for a family of four.

[C19fan]

It looks like we might go back to the early days of the airlines, before deregulation, when air travel was for the rich and business people with large expense budgets.

[Vaduz]

Air travel now stinks like a grayhound bus both have the same class of people(low).

[GOP_Party_Animal]

The last Federal Holiday made was MLK Day. Those holiday makers deserve to pay more.

[RightWhale]

Flights here have decreased considerably, and the mix of prop vs jet has shifted way to the prop side. Some of the prop planes are spiffy new ones, but some old birds have been forced back into service.

[tobyhill]

Happy flying people and make sure you thank a Democrat.

[mowowie]

Fly Southwest. They hedged their fuel prics years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines

[BallyBill]

Stop making holidays, HolidayMakers.

[Jacquerie]

Quite right, except back then the airlines appreciated your business and treated you better than cattle. Oh, and the government didn’t humiliate you before boarding.

[Red_Devil 232]

Yep! The family flying to Fla. to the visit the beaches will stay home and the ones contemplating a road trip will just go to the local slip-n-slide! Fla. is saving its offshore oil so the tourists will have fun elsewhere! LOL

[gogogodzilla]

But we’re saving the world from Gore-bull Warming!

So everybody’s happy...

[Southerngl]

They could take Ryan Air and get a flight for 10 Euros, or take the business class and get free blowjobs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfIY24BErBE&eurl=http://www.dlisted.com/