Is there anything being worked on/speculated on that, if successful, could drastically reduce airline tickets, or are we are kind of at the lower limit, aside from the expected small reductions here and there?

I don't know the numbers but obviously the price has dropped from what used to be unattainable unless you were very wealthy, to affordable for most, and dirt cheap in some cases on the budget airlines.

I realize the budget airlines might not have much room to go down any more than they have, but I was just curious about standard ticket prices, and if there's any more significant drops that could happen for whatever reason.

Domestic travel is dirt cheap and affordable to most, but international travel is still out of reach for a lot of people, and I was just hoping that someday there could be a situation that allowed for like $200 flights from NYC to Paris or something, just as a standard price that happens regularly.

I'm sure i'm being naively optimistic even considering such a world, but i'm still curious :).

Thanks in advance.