Air travelers: No relief in sight

 

Source: Tom Incantalupo, Newsday [Baltimore Sun] ( Free Registration )

Three of the four members of the Zambrana family of West Babylon, N.Y., this year won’t be making what has become an annual trip upstate to Rochester to visit their mom’s friend.

That’s because the same factors pushing gasoline prices to new records almost daily are making air travel more expensive, as airlines pour on the fuel surcharges just in time for the summer travel season.

And with most flights still jammed despite a slowing economy, experts said there’s no relief in sight for travelers until the fall, when Americans go back to work or school and demand for seats drops.

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