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<br /> Stud ~ to build case for lower airline ticket ri±ces out of Eu ene <br /> y p . g <br /> By KATHLEEN MONJE airport's aviation director. Eugene cost more than tickets bought in Port- • respondents had flown out of Portland rather <br /> Correspondent The Oregonian "If you can show them, in dollars and cents, land, some substantially so, Shelby said. A than Eugene because of lower ticket prices. He <br /> a plan that makes it worth their while, cer- ~ passenger flying coach from Eugene ta~Dal- said Eugene residents' decisions to drive to <br /> EUGENE -City airport officials hope a tainly they're interested," Shelby said. Port- las, Texas, would pay $90 more than oneleav- Portland came when the fare difference <br /> new airfare study will help them convince air- land International Airport succeeded with a ing from Portland, he said. reached $40.Out-of--town travelers drove north <br /> lines to lower ticket prices out of Mahlon similar effort to compete with Seattle fares in ~ when the difference was about $60. <br /> Sweet Airport and help make them more com- the late 1970s, he said. The- study will attempt to pin down how <br /> petitive with Portland fares. ~ ~ much of the Eugene air travel market "is,driw= Roberts & Associates, Inc. of San Francisco <br /> The study analyzing the differences in air- Results of the city-funded study, expected to ing up the freeway to Portland," he said. Reve- , has been gathering information <br />and has sent a <br /> fares between the two airports will outline a cost between $13,000 and $20,OOOrare expected Hues lost to the airport include parking and. ~ :survey to local travel agents <br />asking for infor• <br /> plan for increasing the number of travelers by the middle of March, he said. food expenditures as well as air fare. • . mation on flights, passengers and revenues, <br /> to support lower prices, said Bob Shelby, the ~ About'43 percent of the ticltets sold in A 1985 survey showed that 80 percent qti the ,Shelby said. <br /> ri' <br /> <br />