In 1980, it cost just under $600 to take a round-trip flight within the United States.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
The only really expensive thing in our family budget, frankly, is private air travel.
At American Airlines, we have built a business around the love of travel that has lasted three quarters of a century. And I'm pretty sure we're just getting started.
Because it's cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized.
I'd love to fly, especially with the gas prices right now.
Private jets cost a lot of money.
I probably fly twice a week, within Canada and the States.
A lot of airlines have come and gone.
There are many people talking about access to space and, 'How can we make that cheaper? How can we turn that into a Southwest Airlines versus the big airlines?'
Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares nearly $75 per round-trip ticket. During this time period, our average fare increased by only $15.