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Why is your airline ticket so expensive?

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    Report: Airfares rising due to weak economy, high fuel costs

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Bangalore and flying glass a new governor report says the airlines are hiking fees and cutting flights.

All because of the weak economy and those higher fuel costs but get this domestic airfares.

Already had seventeen different government taxes and fees and making up as much as 25% -- -- tickets cost Ben Stein what do you -- -- that.

-- -- They're gonna get a higher and higher and higher airlines are generally speaking not always losing money you're -- weren't even higher -- -- -- They have to meet compliance costs tax protectionism full fare advertising cancellation accommodation all of these means more -- more for the -- -- water drunk.

The crummy business you need to do compliance with title -- play goes down and you know and you cut you -- complaints goes in big trouble.

Suck it up by not a right in this country you have to pay more so be it and you know -- -- -- and yeah just imagine not -- You had could you imagine that it demands and by the way does this plan by one of the airlines to places that that would that is the misbehaving -- -- -- fifteen rows back.

That's not my guy so yeah.

I throw six -- and you're you're not getting -- the hook on with Adam what is notable list.

As a frequent -- I'll echo what Charlie and Aegon said I'm willing to pay for compliance in this terrible business it's not a terrible business.

Because of government deregulation it's because it's terrible business -- Wouldn't make it isn't that terrible.

Yes it's such a wonderful little bit out of -- not yet very hot very easy all the -- -- don't have a lot of pricing power you have a lot of government regulation is controlled by union -- -- listen day off.

All of those who is Ben Bernanke that he can help.

-- I think he is trying to help good one of the few beyond trying to help do that and unlike you are yet dog and hey I -- -- hey there.

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