Airline Price-Gouging Could Become the New Normal

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/delta-airline-fares-price-gouging

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EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y

You mean we weren't already getting gouged?

JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Wasn't it always normal?

4_degrees@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

It sure has been, but there's was a time not terribly long ago when there were regulations and actual competition. All that's gone now, so it's not getting any better

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

Living locally will become the new normal. The business fucks need to give up flying to a meeting and use the worldwide communications infrastructure. The airlines will then be rethinking their greed, I mean "business strategy".

bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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poVoq@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 1y

The article explains that this will not affect prices in general, but specifically identify individuals that have no choice but to buy even at a higher price and charge them extra. It is unlikely to cause a drop in usage, as it only effects people that need to fly urgently for some reason.