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Article: AVERAGE FIRST QUARTER AIR FARES FELL 0.6 PERCENT FROM 2006; TOP 100 AIRPORTS: HIGHEST FARE IN CINCINNATI, LOWEST FARE AT DALLAS LOVE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 25, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following press release:
Average air fares in the first quarter of 2007 were down 0.6 percent from the first quarter of 2006 and remained well below the pre-9/11 high (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the average domestic itinerary fare in the first quarter of 2007 was $380, down 0.6 percent from the average fare in the first quarter of 2006 and down 10.1 percent from the historic first-quarter high of $422 in 2000 (Table 1).
Average fares are based ...