CR: The cost of transatlantic airfare has nearly doubled ove

[cesar.rodriguez.blanco]

I do not know why E is the correct answer in the following CR. Please help:

The cost of transatlantic airfare has nearly doubled over the past five years, yet airlines are doing a booming business. Clearly, people today have more money to spend on vacations than they did five years ago.

All of the following, if true, would weaken the argument above EXCEPT:

Most people buying transatlantic tickets today use them for business trips, so airfare is refunded by their companies.
There are fewer airlines in existence today than five years ago.
People are taking shorter vacations and staying in cheaper hotels than they used to.
Crossing the Atlantic by ship requires more time than most people can afford.
Domestic airline flights have seen a steady increase in passengers.

[herogmat]

Assumptions in Options a to d are supporting the argument of air fare increase. Whereas Options E doesn't have any relation to the tranatlantic airfare, this is talking about the domestic airline scenario. Therefore E is neutral.

[RonPurewal]

Please cite the source (author) of this problem. We cannot reply unless a source is cited (and, if no source is cited, we will have to delete the post!). Thanks.

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also, other forms are not sources. by "source" we mean the actual ORIGIN of the problem.
thanks.

[arjeet.itbhu]

if option B is supporting the argument then it should be the correct answer as question of the stem says..
please help
thanks

[tim]

no, as Ron said, we CANNOT help with this problem until we know the source..