“Travel website Hopper says ticket prices this weekend cost travelers 23% more than last year, and 20% more than 2019 before the pandemic. ”
"We need to find some solutions — desperately find some solutions," said Rick Hoefling, the president and CEO of CommutAir.
Outside American Airlines headquarters Thursday an endless line of pilots at airports across the country this week. Delta pilots are threatening to strike echoing calls they've been making for months. The CEO of CommutAir, a regional carrier that flies planes for United Airlines talked about his company's recent pay bump for pilots who are now making $72 an hour in junior positions and $100 per flight hour as captains.
"The sooner you buy your tickets the better off you are in regards to pricing," said David Fishman, a travel agent in Michigan. "Rght now, I've seen ticket prices to Florida as high as over a thousand dollars," said Fisherman. Travel website Hopper says ticket prices this weekend cost travelers 23% more than last year, and 20% more than 2019 before the pandemic.