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Americans Paid an Average $396 for Domestic Round-Trip Flight in 2014

Samantha Shankman

Skift Take

Airfares haven't changed dramatically in the past few years. However, a significant increase in add-on charges has made it feel that way to consumers.

The average U.S. domestic airfare for the third quarter of 2014 was $396, the same as in the second quarter, which was the highest average fare since 1995. The fares, adjusted for inflation, were reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation. Third quarter fares rose 17.2 percent between the recession-impacted low of $338 in 2009 to $378 in the third-quarter of 2011. Since then, third quarter fares have risen slower, only increasi

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