Airfares Are Staying High Even as the Jet Fuel Crisis Fades

A worker prepared to refuel a Southwest Airlines Co. plane sitting on the tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. Yields on benchmark securities climbed to almost two-year highs as consumers spent more on travel and tourism while manufacturing expanded “modestly” from early July through late August, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book.