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Everyone passes the cost on to passengers.
The legacies, bolstered by payroll support and low oils prices have been able to tap into the ULCC domestic market to keep their metal and some cash flow moving. High fuel costs is not something most of them are in a position to ignore to quash low cost competition.
Ticket prices will go up for everyone, but the non ULCC competition will be less able to play in our park. Imoho anyway.
Also, a lot of analysts are saying business travel won't come back for a while, due to the viability of online meeting software. Most travel will be for leisure over the next few years, if not forever. This puts a big dent in Delta's business model.