Complain all you want about the airlines but at least the fares are not on the rise.
When adjusted for inflation, domestic airfares dropped 3.6% in the April-through-June period, compared with the same period last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
The average domestic fare--including round trips and one-way fares---during that period was $378, compared with the adjusted-for-inflation total of $392 for the same time in 2012, the bureau reported Wednesday.
Even when the fares were not adjusted for inflation, the average fare was down from the average of $385 in the second quarter of 2012, the bureau said.