Travel industry, Alberta government call for changes as plane ticket prices rise
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Albertans booking summer vacations are paying a hefty price for airplane tickets and those in the industry and Alberta government are calling on feds for changes.
Albertans booking summer vacations both near and far are paying a hefty price for plane tickets.
“Prices are not inching up; they are leaping up from what they used to be. They’ve doubled, if not sometimes tripled,” said Jennie Mohamed, manager at Parklane Travel in Calgary.
“I’m afraid to make that announcement to my clients because they are going to say: ‘Are you kidding me?'”
Mohamed, who has more than three decades of experience in the industry, said western Canadians are getting hit especially hard.
“Western Canada has a monopoly mainly of two airlines — we have WestJet and Air Canada — and that was allowed to happen without recourse,” Mohamed said, adding she’s worried the higher costs will stick around.
“Prices are not liable to go down anytime soon because the airlines have no reason to reduce the prices.”
WestJet announced this week that it’s in the process of updating basic fair options that could cost less for those who don’t want to bring a carry-on bag.
The airline wants Ottawa to review its fee structure as it calls on the federal government to put measures in place to help lower costs for travellers.
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