A CommutAir Dash 8 and "new" United 737 prepare for departure from Cleveland Hopkins. (Photo: Mark Plumley - OPShots.net)
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Airfares are rising faster in Cleveland and Akron than nationwide, with more increases here and across the country expected in 2011.
The average domestic fare for travelers flying out of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was $390 in the third quarter of 2010, up 16 percent from an average fare of $336 a year earlier, the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported Wednesday.
The average for trips out of Akron-Canton Airport was $284 in the third quarter, up 17.4 percent from an average fare of $241 in the third quarter of 2009. Low-cost carriers AirTran Airways and Frontier Airlines are the leading airlines there, which holds down ticket prices.
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