Sen. Schumer Calls for Probe into Why Airfares Aren’t Dropping
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Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sen. Charles Schumer wants to know why airfares aren’t dropping along with the price of fuel.
“With oil prices going way down, why aren’t consumers getting the benefit and seeing ticket prices go down, when instead, they’re still going up?” Schumer, D-N.Y., asked during a news conference Sunday.
To get some answers, he is calling for a federal investigation.
“There are many, many questions that demand answers, and today we are demanding those answers — quick answers — from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Justice,” the senator said.
Schumer said the situation is a “lose-lose for consumers, and it’s just not fair.”
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