An Airfare Tax Holiday Too?

Certainly air travelers and the airlines are not benefiting from higher airline ticket prices -- so who is? Would you be surprised if I told you the answer is our federal government? Week after week, as their survival instincts kick in, airlines have been raising airfares to try to keep up with the breakneck pace of rising fuel costs. In fact, airlines have attempted 37 domestic U.S. airfare hikes in the last 16 months, 14 of which came in 2008 alone. Just this week, fuel surcharges on... Full Story