Hasta La Gadget!

It might not feel like it, but air travel’s a steal compared to what it was a half century ago. Since the American airline industry was deregulated in 1978, ticket prices have fallen by about 40%. Of course, air travel isn’t quite as luxurious as some postwar dreamers imagined, but you can’t beat that price. So just how much more did it cost to fly in the 1950s? Quite a bit, once you adjust for inflation.

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