National Survey of 400 Adults Who Travel on Commercial Airlines
Conducted November 4-5, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Is the increase in airline ticket prices during the holidays keeping you from flying during Thanksgiving and Christmas?

44% Yes

50% No

5% Not sure

2* Have charges by the airlines for services like checking baggage made you more likely to shop around for airline tickets?

79% Yes

18% No

4% Not sure

3* When booking a flight with an airline what is most important to you…price, flight schedule, airport location, number of connections, the airline or extra fees like baggage charges?

60% Price

13% Flight schedule

7% Airport location

5% Number of connections

4% The airline

7% Extra fees like baggage charges

1% Something else

3% Not sure

4* How concerned are you about the safety of air travel these days?

25% Very concerned

40% Somewhat concerned

29% Not very concerned

5% Not at all concerned

1% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence