Originally Posted by
cova
I have seen the ""writing on the wall". Seatmaps have been weak for future travel, except in the strongest markets. There is a point when airfares get too high that the majority start scaling back their travel plans.
The situation is getting pretty bad. I definitely think that we're reaching the point where many people are going to stop flying again. In a short time, a simple short round trip between CLE and EWR in economy has increased from like $160 to at least $350. I'm not sure if overall loads on a route like this are suffering yet, but I definitely know people who want to make this trip and are either not doing it, or just deciding to drive the 6-7 hours.