$580 for 129 Miles? Politicians Rail Over United Airlines Monopoly And High Fares In U.S. Territories
If Jimmy McMillan had been a resident of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, he might have declared the airfares are too damned high!. Politicians in Guam and Saipan have figured out that you never lose by taking on the cost of air travel. And, they complain, that “[a] roundtrip ticket from Saipan to Guam can cost up to $580 on United Airlines. That’s more expensive than some tickets from the Marianas to destinations in Asia.”
The distance between the two U.S. territory primary airports is 129 miles.
And I guess it’s true that the roundtrip can cost $580. But flights are also regularly for sale for $169 each way.
There are two solutions to high airfare being proposed. First, lawmakers from Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands have discussed seeking an exemption for the Mariana…
