Article: AIRLINES WEIGH FARE PRICES, GAS COSTS\ FULL TANK OF JET FUEL NOW THOUSANDS MORE.(News)

Byline: James Bernstein Newsday

Think you're paying a lot more to fill up your car? That's nothing. Think of the airlines, where the cost of gassing up just one Boeing 737 is about $13,000. That's up from only $9,000 about a year ago.

And as far as most any expert can tell, the cost of jet fuel -- and thus your airline ticket -- is going to continue to rise, too.

As the airlines approach their slowest period of the year -- the fall, when vacation travel has ended and college students are back in school -- they face a choice: Do they lower fares to stimulate travel between Labor Day and the busy holiday season, or will they have to ...

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