Routes without Southwest Airlines or another smaller discount airline tend to have higher fares, regardless of how many major carriers fly it, Mr. Stempler added.
Reports say the alleged rape took place on a "white line" bus - such services run by private operators have higher fares and fewer stops.
But while in general the later buckets have higher fares, to sell all the tickets in a particular bucket, prices may be cut to boost sales and move on to the next, higher priced bucket.
Dallas has higher air fares than Houston, in many cases twice as high for advance-purchase tickets.
If we travelers are going to have to accept higher fares, a reduced air travel network and less federal regulation as the price of commercial aviation viability, why don't we, as travel consumers, nail up our own manifesto to the airline industry's door?
"Bristol's economy and environment suffers from poor public transport; we have high bus fares from a monopoly provider and far too few passenger trains on our local rail network," Mr Williams added.
"A low-cost airline can have very high fares.
The sad thing is that Londoners have had to pay higher fares, vital maintenance work has been delayed, and the poor old taxpayer once again picks up the bill.
We have the highest fares in Europe because we are the only country with a fragmented privately run rail network".
Airlines know that competition from even small airports can hurt them, because smaller airlines try to offer service on routes that currently have the highest fares.
