California Reopens: Bay Area Air Travelers Deal With Return Of High Prices, Airline Staffing Crunch – ‘It's Ridiculous'

By Wilson Walker, CBS San Francisco:

SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – The days of wildly cheap pandemic airline fares are over, even though Bay Area airports are not back to pre-pandemic traffic levels.

“It’s ridiculous how expensive it is to fly,” said Charlene Guarriello after landing at Mineta San Jose International Airport. “Even if you make a reservation three or four weeks in advance. And the flight is packed. No service on the plane.”

Price complaints, lines at the counters, a struggle for curbside space: The familiar trappings of air travel are returning, along with a new frustration as we leave the pandemic.

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