Originally Posted by
lindros2
Many reasons.
Fuel prices. (flight crew labor). Parts (cost + shortages). TechOps labor. Additional cost to sanitize. Rent/airport fees.
Actually, those things have very little to do with it. What has almost everything to do with it is the willingness of the public to pay. Delta (and others) had most of those fixed costs two years ago and couldn't give away a ticket.