Domestic fares up 4.4% in quarter
From Times Staff and Wires
Average domestic airfares rose 4.4% in the first quarter of 2008 compared with the same period a year earlier, the government said in an analysis that was based on a small sample of itineraries and excluded some high-priced destinations.
The Transportation Department said its numbers represented the largest year-to-year rise in domestic airfares since the second quarter of 2006. The average domestic itinerary fare was $332.
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