[jandrese]

It's more like a $800 difference in ticket price. People forget just how expensive it was to fly back before deregulation. A ticket that cost $600 in 1980 dollars goes for $300 today.

[hackernewsboy]

Think about computers. Apple Machintosh costed $2000, now ... Why airplane industry cannot behave like computer industry?

[jen20]

According to Wikipedia, the original Mac 128k had a launch price of $2495 in 1984, equating to approximately $6100 in 2019 USD). I'd say they're behaving very similarly?

[peteradio]

> A ticket that cost $600 in 1980 dollars goes for $300 today.

I'm not sure that is a universal positive.