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Perhaps more importantly this is the most travellers we've seen flying the friendly skies since 2007. Before the financial crisis gripped the American public. In addition to the fantastic spring 2015 numbers, airlines had a pretty good 2014 as well. When averaged together, the ten largest publicly traded American airlines recorded a 4. 6 % net profit margin. That's seven point three billion dollars. The sharp dip in oil prices played a huge role in taking the strain off most airline budgets. Airlines for America attributes the better than expected numbers to rising U. S. employment and personal incomes, an improving economy, the highest consumer sentiment in a decade, and the continued affordability of air travel. But, that last part, about affordability. Not everyone agrees with. My biggest complaint is the only thing they're not changing is the prices, they're just going up. Try booking some airline traffic travel in March and April as I have been doing. The prices are shockingly high. In 2014, airlines across the country paved themselves with record profits. I've got Wi- Fi and power outlets right up my side. [ MUSIC ] The best of all are the fuller flat bed seats. Buying new planes, installing wi- fi on more flights etcetera, but they never got around to lowering ticket prices. Flying non- stop this Thanksgiving will cost you 10 to 15 % more than last year. Seattle to Dallas $ 403. A year ago $ 347. Since oil prices found the floor back in January, with barrels trading between 40 and $ 50, prices have begun to rise again, which could possibly cut into airlines' profits before any of them get around to lowering ticket prices. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"More People Are Flying, But Airline Prices Aren't Dropping","description":"According to a report from an airline lobbying group, more people will fly this spring compared to this time last year, so why aren't prices dropping?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2vMKFp73/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-11T17:49:11.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2vMKFp73.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/2vMKFp73/","duration":"PT2M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/2vMKFp73/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```