Travelers Report Sticker Shock on Airfares as Midterms Approach

CBS News reported that some travelers are experiencing "sticker shock" as airfares rise, a development the network linked to President Trump's Iran war just days before the midterm elections. The report, by reporter Akiko Fujita, appears on CBS News as a video titled Travelers face sticker shock on airfare, gas prices as midterms approach.

According to the CBS News summary, the high fares are causing some voters to suffer from sticker shock as the midterms approach. The summary does not state how much fares have increased, which routes or carriers are affected, or how many voters are involved, and it provides no figures on the price of gasoline.

The headline of the report also refers to gas prices, but the summary contains no description of them, so the account of those prices rests on the headline alone. CBS News attributed the airfare increases to the Iran war in its summary, and no other source report was provided to confirm or dispute that attribution.

No other outlet's reporting was available for this story, and the details here come solely from the CBS News summary. The summary names no city for the report, so no dateline is given. The midterm elections are described in the summary as just days away.

The reporter, Akiko Fujita, is the only person named in the summary beyond the cause attributed to the war. Readers seeking figures on fares or gasoline would need the full CBS News video, which was not included in the source material for this story.

Sources: CBS News: Travelers face sticker shock on airfare, gas prices as midterms approach.