news Air fares are rising at more than twice the rate of inflation

[Chemist]

Flying is so expensive now

 

 

[Saintlor]

It seems like so many people are rich these days so I guess that's why companies will increase the prices of things like this-- since there are many people that will pay it

[KFC]

The aviation industry has always been incredibly greedy, even more so than virtually any other industry  

[Zoe_]

Good. Let's go back to gave classy people fly. Not this trailer park, hoodrat trash that we get.

[on the line]

27 minutes ago, Zoe_ said:

Good. Let's go back to gave classy people fly. Not this trailer park, hoodrat trash that we get.

Aren't you edgy.

 

But, yes, I had to fly last minute for a funeral, and prices were insane. Like I could have flown to the other side of the world for less money.

[Riot]

41 minutes ago, Zoe_ said:

Good. Let's go back to gave classy people fly. Not this trailer park, hoodrat trash that we get.

So you're staying on the ground?

[Companion]

18 minutes ago, Riot said:

So you're staying on the ground?

Everything we need is 

 

 

[Bosque]

Not surprising considering the demand for air travel is higher than it has ever been. Another area where the push for environmentalism has been completely useless because at the end of the day, people only care about cheap flight tickets 

[Smarticle]

47 minutes ago, Riot said:

So you're staying on the ground?

[KFC]

1 hour ago, Zoe_ said:

Good. Let's go back to gave classy people fly. Not this trailer park, hoodrat trash that we get.

Gross comment, classism is not cute

[AMIT]

But I was told airplanes are a viable and better substitute for public high-speed rail trains? 

[Flanders]

Flying used to be ridiculously cheap before the pandemic. The prices we have now are more reflective of the actual costs. On a personal level it sucks but I’m the grand scheme of things this is good. Especially for the environment 

[Tropez]

12 minutes ago, AMIT said:

But I was told airplanes are a viable and better substitute for public high-speed rail trains? 

Please tell me how someone in Canada can travel to Japan via high speed rail. 

[AMIT]

1 minute ago, Tropez said:

Please tell me how someone in Canada can travel to Japan via high speed rail. 

I was refering to national transportation, obviously. 

[Tropez]

21 minutes ago, AMIT said:

I was refering to national transportation, obviously. 

So what does your comment have to do with anything? Not in a rude way. But for real. I think the tweet was in flights in general. Rail doesn’t exactly work for international travel in every case. 

[AMIT]

20 minutes ago, Tropez said:

So what does your comment have to do with anything? Not in a rude way. But for real. I think the tweet was in flights in general. Rail doesn’t exactly work for international travel in every case. 

Yes, in most cases rail can't do international, but national flights are still a thing and they are in no way a good substitute for public trains the way some people would like us to think for a numebr of reasons, the rising costs being one of them.

 

 

 

 

[Zoe_]

3 hours ago, HotFriedChicken said:

Gross comment, classism is not cute

Classism has nothing to do with behavior. Act like you have common sense. Period.

[chessguy99]

The reason behind this is the pandemic. During the pandemic, the airlines laid off the majority of their employees. When things started to get back to normal, they only brought back a small percentage of them, mainly due to the uncertainty different COVID variants possibly causing another major outbreak. Soon they discovered they could get by with this smaller staff, and instead of bringing back all their employees, they ran with the leaner staff. Less flights meant they'd have full planes and could charge more for the fare. It's a pure greed motivation behind this and won't get better any time soon.

[KFC]

20 minutes ago, Zoe_ said:

Classism has nothing to do with behavior. Act like you have common sense. Period.

So you think people who can't afford extortionate airfare are automatically badly behaved and you DON'T think it's classism

[A.R.L]

4 hours ago, AMIT said:

But I was told airplanes are a viable and better substitute for public high-speed rail trains? 

Keep in mind that the ticket fares of these high-speed trains can also be many times more expensive than air fares between two destinations on different continents 

[byzantium]

2 minutes ago, A.R.L said:

Keep in mind that the ticket fares of these high-speed trains can also be many times more expensive than air fares between two destinations on different continents 

Anything can be more expensive if it is operated poorly enough.  

[Vixen Eyes]

now this makes a bit more sense (timestamp 10:08 through to the end)

(she had a date to preform in Delaware (i think) for her tour but flights were delayed and couldnt find new flight tickets so she had to postpone that location's date)

 

[ZIVERT]

I will never understand why it can cost close to $400 for a round trip ticket between NYC and Toronto for example, but in Europe I can fly between cities for less than $50  

[A.R.L]

1 minute ago, byzantium said:

Anything can be more expensive if it is operated poorly enough.  

I'm not sure about trains, but for airlines, I know fares get more expensive, the heavier the plane gets, and therefore the more fuel it needs to fly. This is why first bookings are always much cheaper but also more restricted. 

[A.R.L]

6 minutes ago, ZIVERT said:

I will never understand why it can cost close to $400 for a round trip ticket between NYC and Toronto for example, but in Europe I can fly between cities for less than $50  

Because in the US, they charge more taxes 

Edited May 8, 2023 by A.R.L