By: Mike Fridgen, Farecast Travel Guru
Welcome to this week’s Farecast Fare View, an inside view into the news making headlines this week and the latest record low airfare deals.
In the News This Week
Airlines Post Profitable Earnings; Faced with Rising Fuel Costs
American, Southwest and Continental all posted positive earnings this week. As always, we’ll be on the lookout for how rising fuel costs impact airlines route planning decisions – historically, when costs increase substantially and routes become unprofitable, carriers consider cutting routes and repositioning planes.
Fliers Face a Brutal Summer
Scott McCartney at the Wall Street Journal highlights early indicators that airline travel this summer could be brutal. Travelers could be faced with longer delays this summer and should plan ahead to make travel this summer more bearable. He offers some perspective and tips on making summer travel easier in this week’s Middle Seat Column.
Top Airline Ticket Deals
Each day, Farecast shows you real deals backed by comparisons against millions of airfares the company has analyzed from each airport. These deals are updated often, so act fast. Here are some of the top airline ticket deals we’ve found today:
San Francisco (SFO) to Honolulu (HNL) (Mon 4/23 - Wed 4/25) $297
Seattle (SEA) to Miami (MIA) (Sat 4/28 - Tue 5/1) $221
Chicago (ORD) to Las Vegas (LAS) (Tue 5/8 - Tue 5/15) $144