Airfare hikes have been instated on all United Airlines and Continental Airlines flights, travel website FareCompare said.
Both companies, which are currently undergoing a merger, said they will tack on an extra $10 one-way charge. For round-trip flights, a $20 fee will be instated.
After the announcement, American Airlines and Delta Airlines announced their own $10 surcharge on one-way flights.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the airlines are hiking their prices because of a spike in oil prices.
Even though thousands of Americans were stranded by the blizzard which hit much of the Atlantic seaboard, the airlines hiked prices.
“In the midst of one of the worst travel disruptions of the year that saw thousands of passengers stranded at airports along the Eastern seaboard due to blizzard conditions, airfare prices are on the rise,” Graeme Wallace of FareCompare told the Associated Press.
AP cited a Dahlman Rose & Co. analyst, who said that airlines will lose around $100 million in revenue due to canceled flights resulting from the bad weather.
Both companies, which are currently undergoing a merger, said they will tack on an extra $10 one-way charge. For round-trip flights, a $20 fee will be instated.
After the announcement, American Airlines and Delta Airlines announced their own $10 surcharge on one-way flights.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the airlines are hiking their prices because of a spike in oil prices.
Even though thousands of Americans were stranded by the blizzard which hit much of the Atlantic seaboard, the airlines hiked prices.
“In the midst of one of the worst travel disruptions of the year that saw thousands of passengers stranded at airports along the Eastern seaboard due to blizzard conditions, airfare prices are on the rise,” Graeme Wallace of FareCompare told the Associated Press.
AP cited a Dahlman Rose & Co. analyst, who said that airlines will lose around $100 million in revenue due to canceled flights resulting from the bad weather.
