...couldn't risk raising prices 8 percent to 15 percent on financially stressed consumers.Tom Parsons, the CEO of Bestfares.com, said economic turmoil could force airlines to do more than just cancel last month's increase."They have to...
...billions," said Tom Parsons, chief executive of Bestfares.com, a travel services firm, referring to the airlines...operations in this environment," Buttrick said. Bestfares.com's Parsons said a number of airlines were already...
...are U.S. Airways Express and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, both commuter carriers. Tom Parson, editor of www.bestfares.com, an Internet price-tracking site, cautioned consumers that they could get better fares through some spot sales...
...levels, while US Airways kept discounts on some routes, said Tom Parsons, chief executive of the online travel site Bestfares.com. Trading of Conseco shares suspended INDIANAPOLIS - Trading in shares of struggling insurance and finance company...
...is losing some of its local business travelers, said Tom Parsons, the chief executive of the discount travel site Bestfares.com. Through a quick check this week on what a walk-up fare would cost at both airports, Mr. Parsons found that a...
...flight from New York to Los Angeles booked 21 days in advance that cost $562 on Jan. 1 now costs $602, according to Bestfares.com, Mr. Parsons' Web site. The same flight booked on short notice -- as many business travelers do -- rose from...
...is currently in negotiations with its flight attendants. "I think it will stick," said Tom Parsons, editor of Bestfares.com, a magazine and Web site that specializes in low-price air fares. It is harder for an airline to raise fares during...
...probably going to be the worst year we have seen in 10 years in terms of finding bargains," said Tom Parsons of BestFares.com, a Web site for travel deals.Even before turmoil in the Middle East drove oil prices higher, airfares were headed...
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