It's really come down to jet fuel prices ,if you think about it ,just we are paying more to fuel up our cars,on the much larger scale,the airlines there paying more to fuel up their planes ,jet fuel prices are up 200% over last year,and that's affecting everyone's bottom of lines.
Talk about going upup in the way, jet fuel prices are sky high,and climbing,tough combination,especially for low cost their lines .
Those low fairs are just simply not enough to cover the high cost of fuel.Three airlines folded and under pressuring recent weeks,ATA ALOHA and Skybus all close their shop,leaving passangers holding their bags and looking for a way home.
We decided to rent a car that was our cheapest way to get back.Viger carriers also feeling the pain ,American the nation's biggest stop tiring ,Delta is looking to cut 2,000 jobs,Continental has hinted it could follow suit,Northewest United said they will fly fewer planes.
And then there are extra fees ,checking more than one bag ,be ready to pay up,an extra 50 bucks on most of their lines, when you talk to a real person on the phone or bring feed along on your flight ,you gotted pay up
Airlines have to become more creative about how they make money,we are now paying for the things ,they once were included in the cost of airline tickets,
We are paying another prices ,too.Customers complaints shortcut 60% last year,according to the new number from the Airline Quality Survey.There are more delays with one out of every four flight showing up late,
Airlines to trying to fuel flight to capacity men,more people got bunt ,even though they had tickets,and luggage ,good luck finding it,the number of bags lost,also up for the year,
Airlines as an injustry just return to profit ability last year after that rough period ,following 9.11,that makes what happening now all the more painful ,and the painful for the passangers too.
Thoes higher cost that the airlines pain most certainly are being passed on to the flying public.
Alina Cho CNN NEW YORK