1.   Bus passengers are facing higher fares.

2.   If so, are we passengers willing to pay substantially higher fares so that the airlines can continuously purchase new aircraft?

3.   Sometimes migrant trains were seen travelling eastward, despite the higher fares, just as packed as those going west.

4.   Will operator charges by Railtrack be reflected in higher fares and possible loss of patronage resulting from cross price elasticity?

5.   American also benefited from higher fares.

6.   Among the airline stocks that gained on the news of higher fares were Continental Airlines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp.

7.   AMR Chairman Robert Crandall told Bloomberg Business News last week that higher fares will trigger a decline in passengers.

8.   Analysts and company officials credited relatively strong passenger demand for air travel, tight limits on capacity growth, and higher average fares.

9.   And the airlines, in turn, will pass them on to passengers in the form of higher fares.