Americans will buy travel passes for JetBlue flights
If you suddenly need to dash to Mexico, Costa Rica, or the Caribbean countries, the pass will also be valid. Of course, flying under these conditions is only possible on the airline's flights, which sells a reusable ticket at a price just six times higher than a monthly subway pass in New York.
Clearly, the financial and economic crisis helped passengers – Americans are increasingly not fastening their seat belts on planes but tightening their belts. People started flying much less, and companies, in the fight for customers, are ready to offer significant discounts, various bonuses, and have even thought of travel passes.
In Russia, passenger traffic is also declining, but this does not lead to anything similar. If a plane risks being half empty, no one gets any discounts – flights, especially charter ones, may be combined, and it's good if passengers are warned in advance.
As for the price issue, the Federal Antimonopoly Service is currently conducting an investigation, trying to understand what principle underlies our pricing in the field of air transportation, why kerosene has become cheaper, but tickets have not. And why they have become such a commodity in Russia that one cannot refuse.
Meanwhile, as market analysts note, since the FAS took up this matter, the cost of flights to Europe has managed to rise again – the euro has appreciated against the ruble.
Mikhail KRYUCHKOV.
Novye Izvestia