Last month I wrote about the loss of flights at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Today it was reported that Southern California would take another blow to the aviation industry. LA/Ontario airport has just reported that it will be losing up to 34% of its current flights. Express Jet and Jet Blue appear to be leaving the airport for good, while Southwest, Delta and United will be cutting flights.
High fuel prices appear to be the main reason for the exodus. Other cities are experincing the decline with Oakland, Kansas City, Tucson, Raleigh/Durham and Cleveland, Ohio all losing at least 15% of their flights from the same period last year.
How will this affect the consumer? Higher flight prices because of declining competition will likely have many travelers looking for alternative ways to travel.
Could we be resorting back to the days of hitchhiking?
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