Hitting where it hurts?

One of the hottest (but sadly, let’s face it, most boring) topics of conversation right now is the price of fuel. One glance at the price boards at the local service station is seriously the cheapest facelift you can get – those eyebrows aren’t coming down for a good long while. In light of this rise in fuel prices, some airlines are cutting their services to less popular destinations (or ‘low-yeilding leisure routes’ as they call them – how’dya like that, Gold Coast? Wow.) Both domestic and international services will be getting their wings clipped.
This is really interesting. Are the days of 10-cent travel over? Is that flurry of budget flights finally coming to rest? How is this going to affect the future of travel? Are we all going to start investigating destinations closer to home or are we just gonna suck up that price hike and awkward schedule?

I’m interested, I’m conflicted, I’m kinda excited. How’s this going to pan out? What do you think?

– Slickarus