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Political Factoid
When Congress failed to pass legislation
to keep the Federal Aviation Administration
running, the FAA taxes expired in 2011.
US Airways* American Airlines*
(quickly followed by United,* Continental,* Delta,*
Southwest,* AirTran,* JetBlue*, and Frontier*)
raised fares to offset the expired
10% FAA taxes, and pocketed the
amount as 100% profit -- instead of
charging their customers less for the tickets,
as did Alaska Airlines, Virgin America,
Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and
Spirit Airlines.
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That executive error in judgment
will stay on the record of these airlines
for 7 years or more, adversely impacting
their AFERTM scores.
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