The reality about air fares and why we need low cost carriers

You might be reading endless stories about how uncomfortable air travel has become, about low cost carriers providing awful service while charging for lots of extras, and so on...but to get a picture of what has happened in the aviation industry in the last 30 years you just need to look at this graph...​

Graph: Airlines for America via The Atlantic

Now, who wants to spend the next holiday at home?​