What was the RT airfare cost between Honolulu and Nairobi, in 1961 dollars?
I am not a birther; I am a debunker.
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- Whatever4Lv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
Hi Misha, how's the Kenyan Cat doing?
I found an article with airfare in 1960 from London to Nairobi (4K miles), a new super low fare of £165. The fare from London to Hong Kong (8K miles) was £311. Together, they are the distance between Kenya and Hawaii (11K miles), or £476. Airfares seemed to be based on miles back then.
£1 in 1960 is £15.41 today. That's £7335, or $11,025 in today's dollars. Each person.
Per capita income in 1959 in Hawaii was $1,863. In 2010 dollars, $13,872. Each person.
Ain't no way a pregnant teenager is going to visit her in-laws, who are angry that their boy married a white girl when he already had a wife and baby at home, when the airfare alone would cost almost a year's income. Ain't no way the foreign student would be going home for summer break, either.
Only for you, Misha, would I do this much math. Say hi to Mario!
Source(s): http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1... africa http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/stat... http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl