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Skyrocketing fuel prices are rocking Mexican airlines, leading to steep fare increases, route cutbacks and what some analysts fear could...

Skyrocketing fuel prices are rocking Mexican airlines, leading to steep fare increases, route cutbacks and what some analysts fear could be the end of low-cost air travel in Mexico, with some of its 14 carriers going under. At greatest risk are Mexico's new low-cost airlines that entered the market in 2005, causing traditional airlines to lower ticket prices and bringing thousands of first-time fliers into the skies