Table 1: Yearly Change in Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group, February 2018

4th-Quarter 2017 Air Fare Data

The average domestic air fare rose to $347 in the fourth quarter of 2017, rising 3.0 percent from $337 in the third quarter of 2016, which was the lowest inflation-adjusted quarterly average fare in 23 years of air fare records, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.

4Q 2017 Air Fare tables

Figure 2. Fares by Airport Group based on Number of Originating Domestic Passengers 4Q 2017

Figure 1. U.S. Average Domestic Fares, 4th Quarter 1995-2017, 4Q 2017

Table 6. Fares at Airports Grouped by Originating Passengers, 4Q 2017

Table 5. Unadjusted Average Domestic Airline Fares by Quarter, 4Q 2017

Table 4. Unadjusted 4th Quarter Average Fares, 1995-2017, 4Q 2017

Table 3. Inflation-Adjusted Average Domestic Airline Fares by Quarter

Table 2. Passenger Airline Revenue from Fares 1990-2017