June 27: RIC-NY airline tickets may cost even more (Richmond Times Dispatch)

June 27, 2012

Airline passengers may be seeing still-higher ticket prices between Richmond and New York in July as competition in the market dwindles.

Richmond-New York service will be reduced to two airlines — Delta and United — flying to New York's major airports as US Airways leaves the market.

"There's no way to put icing on it," said Jon E. Mathiasen, RIC's president and CEO.

Richmond has up to 19 daily nonstop flights to the New York market now, said Richmond International Airport spokesman ...

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