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AIR FARES AND PASSENGER VOLUME FOR THE TOP FIVE MAJOR LONG ROUTES
Average and Low Air Fares: Most Heavily Travelled Routes of Greater Than 750 Miles (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)
NOTE: Blue portion of bar = lowest average fare for an airline meeting the
criteria in the text.
Red portion of bar = the difference between the average fare for all airlines, and
the lowest average fare airline.
Blue + red portions of bar = the average fare for the market.
Major long routes consist of the top five routes of more than 750 miles by number
of passengers for the most recent quarter. In the third quarter of 2000, there were
745 large-market routes of more than 750 miles.
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| 6.41 |
6.20 |
-3.30 |
| 5.35 |
5.99 |
11.81 |
| 5,863 |
7,675 |
30.91 |
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| 7.47 |
6.92 |
-7.48 |
| 7.35 |
6.43 |
-12.55 |
| 6,605 |
7,658 |
15.94 |
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| 7.70 |
8.52 |
10.59 |
| 6.88 |
5.43 |
-21.08 |
| 7,911 |
7,324 |
-7.42 |
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| 12.59 |
13.01 |
3.29 |
| 10.38 |
9.95 |
-4.13 |
| 6,424 |
6,885 |
7.18 |
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| 8.86 |
10.51 |
18.57 |
| 8.33 |
11.20 |
34.50 |
| 6,078 |
5,619 |
-7.55 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same
period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Average fares are based on the one-way cost for all paying customers and exclude
passengers that fly for free such as those using a frequent flyer program.
City-pairs include all airports in each city.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation: Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs,
and http://ostpxweb.ost.dot.gov/aviation/.
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