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Fares and Costs

Notes on who pays for getting around: a free-transit proposal, a student pass dispute and two stories on airline routes and fuel costs.

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• Air Travel Demand to Greece Holds Firm Despite Rising Jet Fuel Costs

  Jet fuel prices have roughly doubled over a year and airlines warn of higher fares, yet demand for flights to Greece is holding up. Aegean carried 7.8 million passengers in the first half of 2026.

• Philadelphia Youth Push for Unrestricted Free SEPTA Transit Passes

  Students and community members in Philadelphia are asking for the free student SEPTA passes to work all day, every day, without the ride caps and time limits in place since 2001. The story follows a teenager whose daily school commute needs two buses.

• American Airlines cuts Tulum and Los Cabos routes amid international pullback

  American Airlines is ending its Miami to Tulum flights and has said its Charlotte to Los Cabos service will not return, as part of a wider cut to international routes. After the change its only link to Tulum will run through Dallas/Fort Worth.

• B.C. Greens Propose Free Transit for Youth and Seniors in Transportation Platform

  The B.C. Green Party's transport platform includes free transit for people under 25 and over 65, more bus service, ferry funding and passenger rail. It was presented as a party proposal at a campaign stop in Whistler, so it is a plan and not a decision.