The travel industry continues to come across more bumps in the road and airlines seem to be one of the hardest hit.

As we head into the July 4th weekend, travel maybe difficult. Higher fuel prices mean fewer flights for airlines across the country and this fall looks like the skies maybe even unfriendlier.

Triple A says airline travel is down 2.3 percent from the same time last year.

Airport analysts say rising fuel prices are causing Tyler Pounds Regional Airport and many others throughout the country to decrease the number of flights.

"Every airline is cutting and even the airlines that have cuts in the system say that they're not done yet," USA Today travel editor Doug Carroll said.

This week the city of Tyler announced American Eagle will decrease the number of departures from five to three.

If your planning on going on vacation, airline industry experts say book your plans now because prices are going to continue to rise well into fall. Experts also say airline fairs are predicted to increase by at least another 25 percent by 2009.

"A lot of airline passengers today will not be passengers two years from now simply because the cost of air transportation is going to go up," aviation analyst Mike Boyd said.