US air fares: up, up and away
Average air fares in the US reached the highest level since 2000, said the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the average domestic itinerary fare in the fourth quarter of 2006 was $378, up 3.4% from the average fare in the fourth quarter of 2005 but down 6.8% from the historic fourth-quarter high of $407 in 2000.
Average fares are based on domestic itinerary fares, round-trip or one-way for which no return is purchased. Averages include frequent-flyer fares.
Of the top 100 airports based on passenger enplanements, the highest fourth-quarter average fares were in Anchorage, AK, followed by Cincinnati, Honolulu, San Francisco and New York John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Lowest fares: in the top 100 airports, they included Dallas Love Field, followed by Chicago Midway International Airport, Houston William P. Hobby Airport, Islip, NY and Buffalo, NY.
Report by David Wilkening
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