US: Did that ticket for the flight home at Thanksgiving seem expensive? Think again.
In Q4 of 2015, airline tickets were 8.3% cheaper than the previous Thanksgiving. Not only was the average domestic air fare down from US$396 in 2014 to $363 in 2015 — that was the lowest that ticket prices have been in the Q4 since 2010, the DoT Bureau of Transportation Statistics said. Comparing Q4s (since airfares fluctuate seasonally), the average 2015 fare was 14.4% lower than the $462 in 2000, which BTS said was the highest inflation-adjusted fourth quarter average fare since BTS began keeping records in 1995. Here’s the big picture for 2015: The average fare of $377 for the full year was down 3.8%, inflation-adjusted, from the 2014 average fare of $392. That $377 was a whopping 19.2% decrease from the inflation-adjusted annual high of $467 in 2000. <br/>
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/news/hot-topics/2016-04-28/general/us-did-that-ticket-for-the-flight-home-at-thanksgiving-seem-expensive-think-again
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/logo.png
US: Did that ticket for the flight home at Thanksgiving seem expensive? Think again.
In Q4 of 2015, airline tickets were 8.3% cheaper than the previous Thanksgiving. Not only was the average domestic air fare down from US$396 in 2014 to $363 in 2015 — that was the lowest that ticket prices have been in the Q4 since 2010, the DoT Bureau of Transportation Statistics said. Comparing Q4s (since airfares fluctuate seasonally), the average 2015 fare was 14.4% lower than the $462 in 2000, which BTS said was the highest inflation-adjusted fourth quarter average fare since BTS began keeping records in 1995. Here’s the big picture for 2015: The average fare of $377 for the full year was down 3.8%, inflation-adjusted, from the 2014 average fare of $392. That $377 was a whopping 19.2% decrease from the inflation-adjusted annual high of $467 in 2000. <br/>
