Chris Sununu
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There's more choices.
And like I said, most importantly, it's more affordable.
more Americans travel now than ever before because all this competition especially on the domestic side has really reduced prices and made it affordable for so many families that otherwise maybe couldn't have made that trip or businesses that had to do everything remotely but now they can afford spending a little extra money building those personal relationships on the business side of things so the entire experience has been raised there's no question about it I think they just say we're not done we're going to take it to the next level and I think that's a great thing for the entire air system and that traveler experience
Yeah, so look, since 2019, if you add all the inflationary pressures that have come for various reasons, the average product in America has probably gone up about 30%, 32% when you compound the inflation.
Airlines, 1%.
I think it's increased.
The average domestic ticket has actually increased about 1% in five or six years.
So that's well below inflation, right?
That's almost a deflationary type ticket.
And again, that's because they're competing more.
There's more options for folks.
They know they have to bring those prices down, more transparency on prices.
And look, you want to bring a bag, pay to bring a bag.
If you don't, you don't get charged for it.
There's they're trying to make sure that whether maybe if you have a disability, there's options there for you.
If you're older, there's options there for you.
Nobody should be cut out of the travel experience.
And I think the airlines are doing everything they can to make those investments, put those dollars in to make sure that everyone gets to, you know, be part of this great American thing.
It's not just a thing.