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536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap?

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How Do Airlines Make Their Money?

Airlines depend heavily on business travelers to make their money. Domestic business travel in the US is only around 67% of what it was before COVID. If business travel doesn't recover, we will gradually see a smaller airline industry with less frequent service and higher fares for leisure travelers.

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