US Airfare Trend Report
Week of May 4, 2015
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Data cohort: Flights departing May 9, 2015 – June 13, 2015 • Observation period: 7 days ending May 2, 2015
Notes• Fare sales over the past week from Frontier kept things interesting over the past week of
observations. While JetBlue looks like it also had a big sale…
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Data cohort: Flights departing May 9, 2015 – June 13, 2015 • Observation period: 7 days ending May 2, 2015
Notes• It would appear that the majority of JetBlue could more accurately be defined as Fare Creep, at a
median drop of only $5.• Frontier’s drops had a more hearty $20 median change, which consumers of their $19/$29 fare sale
can likely attest to.
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Data cohort: Flights departing May 9, 2015 – June 13, 2015 • Observation period: 7 days ending May 2, 2015
Notes• New York JFK doesn’t show up often on these charts, as perennially high traffic volumes
make average fares stable. This time, we see JFK had a very volatile week, with 45% of fares rising, at a median $48, and 28% of fares dropping, at a median $35. Impressive.
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Data cohort: Flights departing May 9, 2015 – June 13, 2015 • Observation period: 7 days ending May 2, 2015
Notes• Flights to/from Baltimore and Las Vegas are also rare sights here. This past week, both
locations saw fare drops.
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Data cohort: Flights departing May 9, 2015 – June 13, 2015 • Observation period: 7 days ending May 2, 2015
Notes• Nothing too surprising to report on the magnitude of changes.
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Data cohort: Flights departing May 9, 2015 – June 13, 2015 • Observation period: 7 days ending May 2, 2015
Notes• The same route that saw a Charleston flight get re-priced downwards by $600 in last week’s
report now appears to have gone back up. Bear in mind that this is only a single fringe case.
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Data cohort: Flights departing May 9, 2015 – June 13, 2015 • Observation period: 7 days ending May 2, 2015
Notes• LA/Chicago travelers
will get a rude awakening, as 1 in 5 fares in this cohort went up by a median $361!
• For those on the Dallas/ATL route, almost 30% of flights were rose by a median $217
TRENDS AMONG 25 MAJOR AIRPORT ROUTES
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Data cohort: Flights departing May 9, 2015 – June 13, 2015 • Observation period: 7 days ending May 2, 2015
ABOUT OUR DATA
• We observed the cohort of non-stop US domestic airfares departing May 9, 2015 to June 13, 2015, or roughly on a one-week to six-weeks forward basis.
• These fares were observed over a seven-day period ending May 2, 2015.• Most commercial carriers in the US are represented.
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Data cohort: Flights departing May 9, 2015 – June 13, 2015 • Observation period: 7 days ending May 2, 2015
ABOUT FLYR
FLYR is a data science company that constructs technologies to predict and mitigate future airfare volatility. Our goal is to develop tools that are able to neutralize uncertainty in travel planning.
Our open airfare prediction beta is currently available at http://www.getFLYR.com.
We welcome your comments and questions, as well as ideas and suggestions for future reports.
Steady Travels,FLYR Research
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