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Posted at 12:23 p.m., Thursday, November 1, 2007

American Airlines raising Hawaii ticket prices by $54

Advertiser Staff

American Airlines increased roundtrip fares between more than 700 cities and Hawai'i by $54 today, according to Bloomberg News.

The fare hike came as American increased roundtrip fares by $20 for other U.S. flights to offsett record jet fuel prices, the news service said.

The boost is the seventh by a major U.S. airline since Sept. 1, Bloomberg News reported. A $14-a-barrel rise since August in crude oil, from which jet fuel is refined, will add more than $1 billion to American's annual fuel bill, the carrier said today.