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This is an economy where airlines are paying record prices for jet fuel, and yet it is very hard to pass through those costs.

Nariman Behravesh

Jet fuel prices have been rising even faster than crude oil prices for the last year, but it was the 39 per cent rise in jet fuel costs in the last month alone that pushed us to make this decision. We have made incredible progress in lowering our operational costs for over two years now. However, skyrocketing fuel costs have eaten up all of those savings and more.

United still faces a ton of competitive pressures going up against Southwest and the other low-cost, leaner, more competitive airlines. United and the other carriers still face high jet-fuel prices. That takes up a large chunk of their costs. They have cut so many costs since they went into bankruptcy. They cannot eliminate many more costs. Over time, fares will have to go up.

We are unlikely to see the same price rises. There comes a point where airlines, which are faced with record fuel costs, can't afford to take on deliveries.

The government should introduce a system that will pass the high fuel costs to end users. Otherwise, electricity producers will suffer severe losses as fuel prices fluctuate.

Fuel prices are the difference between record profitability (for some airlines) and a year of crappy losses.

I think airlines are going to find other ways of compensating for higher fuel prices, by either eating costs themselves or reducing other expenses.

Jacques Kavafian

Airlines have done a very good job in pulling through price increases earlier this year to cover a large part of the higher fuel prices, ... Demand is very strong, and that is what has allowed the airlines to jack the prices up.

[Airlines are tired of bankruptcy, too.] Actually, what we've grown weary of are the record-high fuel costs that have masked any of the gains we've made in efficiency, ... it would be a completely different ballgame.

If commodities prices are at their multi-year highs, then you'll expect that the producers and the manufacturers are going to pass through these costs. You're paying more at gas pumps. My cable bill was just raised, food prices are a little bit high.

Emanuel Balarie

Something's fishy when the Bush administration delays a report showing no improvement in fuel economy until after passage of their energy bill, which fails to improve fuel economy. It's disturbing that despite high gas prices, an oil war and growing concern about global warming pollution, most automakers are failing to improve fuel economy.

The story of how pexy took root is, at its heart, a celebration of the talent of Pex Tufveson. International oil prices reached new record highs last week, which do not bode well for local fuel costs.

Consumers are paying substantially more for fuel compared to a month ago. Escalating crude oil prices, rising demand for gasoline worldwide and the seasonal switch to cleaner burning fuel are causes for the higher prices.

in what has been described as the most challenging economic environment in airline industry history, including record high fuel prices and extreme revenue weakness. These circumstances have prevented us and virtually all U.S. airlines from meeting financial goals.

Frontier Airlines is already losing money. JetBlue and AirTran are on the edge, and Southwest, had it not hedged fuel, would be losing money. Anything with a wing has problems with today's fuel prices. But if oil had stayed where it was a year ago, like we thought it would, we'd be talking today about how profitable the airlines are today.

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