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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 $337 in the third quarter of 2016, which was the lowest inflation-adjusted quarterly average fare in 23 years of air fare records, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
Table 3. Inflation-Adjusted Average Domestic Airline Fares by Quarter
Quarter/Year | Average Domestic Fare (2017$) | |
Average Fare in constant 2017 dollars ($) | Quarter-to-Quarter Percent Change in Average Fare (%) | |
4Q 2015 | 377 | -2.0 |
1Q 2016 | 375 | -0.4 |