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With rising airfare costs and less available seats and flights, summertime travel isn t what it used to be. Consumers are starting to balk at the prices, and the airline industry appears to be out of cost-cutting options.
Joe Sharkey, business travel columnist for The New York Times, says the industry hasn’t faced this kind of crisis since 9/11. On Memorial Day, he offers advice to would-be travelers.

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