New York - Officials said that America’s airline industry will suffer at least 6 percent drop in passengers at the eight-day Labor Day holiday as gas prices continues to soar. Though the fuel prices have decrease last week, still it is 79 percent higher than last year.

Airlines had been cutting routes and stuff just to survive, while the airfare continues to rise and charge extra fees for bags.

“High energy prices across the economy, rising air fares and airline schedule cuts are the primary drivers of the overall reduction in passenger volumes expected for this Labor Day period,” the ATA Official said in a statement.