e-edition eEdition Subscribe Log in
Tuesday, October 08, 2024
44.0°F
<p>FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2012 file photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 waits to take off at Chicago's Midway Airport as another lands. Airfares are up and headed higher in summer 2012. Airlines blame soaring fuel prices which could cost them billions more than last year. That means fares, which normally rise as the summer travel season nears, could increase faster than normal. The latest data on average fares show that Southwest charged $140 each way during the fourth quarter. JetBlue charged $156 and United Continental charged $270. The average fare rose 9 percent between January 2011 and January 2012, according to Airlines for America, a trade group of the biggest carriers. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)</p>

<p>FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2012 file photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 waits to take off at Chicago's Midway Airport as another lands. Airfares are up and headed higher in summer 2012. Airlines blame soaring fuel prices which could cost them billions more than last year. That means fares, which normally rise as the summer travel season nears, could increase faster than normal. The latest data on average fares show that Southwest charged $140 each way during the fou…

February 29, 2012

Stories this photo appears in:

Price of flying expected to take off
February 29, 2012 8:15 p.m.

Price of flying expected to take off

Facing rising fuel costs, airlines push fares higher as summer approaches

DALLAS - Airfares are up and headed higher this summer.