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Australia: Domestic Air Fare Indexes

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Australia: Domestic Air Fare Indexes

12-Sep-2013

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graph of Domestic air fares (business) graph of Domestic air fares (economy) graph of Domestic air fares (restricted economy) graph of Domestic air fares (best discount)

Summary Table

Real Domestic Air Fare Index (July 2003=100)
Survey Month Business Full Economy Restricted Economy Best Discount
Sep 2012 64.3 120.4 68.2 68.9
Oct 2012 63.8 120.5 69.0 64.8
Nov 2012 63.9 117.6 69.3 61.5
Dec 2012 62.9 118.4 77.5 94.3
Jan 2013 63.2 120.9 69.2 58.1
Feb 2013 64.0 118.3 71.7 60.9
Mar 2013 76.5 119.7 73.1 74.0
Apr 2013 75.6 120.1 71.7 58.7
May 2013 71.0 121.5 70.3 56.6
Jun 2013 80.0 119.8 72.2 63.0
Jul 2013 74.9 122.0 72.8 63.4
Aug 2013 80.6 123.6 71.2 59.4
Sep 2013 83.0 124.7 74.8 74.1

Notes

Indexes are constructed from BITRE's monthly survey of airline internet booking sites. Fares are recorded only when they are available on the nominated day of travel (the last Thursday of the month). The series is a price index of the lowest available fare in each fare class, weighted over selected routes. It does not measure real airline yields, or average fares paid by passengers. For more information on methodology use the link at the top of this page.

December 2011 and January 2012 changes to Business and Full Economy indexes: Both the Business and Full Economy indexes were substantially affected by changes to fare offered. In December 2011 the Business index fell substantially mainly due to reductions in many of these fares by Qantas. This index again dropped significantly in January 2012 as Virgin Australia introduced Business class fares on many more of their routes. With the expansion of Virgin Australia' s Business class fares they removed their Premium Economy class fare completely. The removal of these fares resulted in the Full Economy index rising substantially in January 2012.

June 2011 change to Restricted Economy index: In June 2011 both Virgin Australia and Jetstar introduced simplified fare structures. The new fare types used in constructing the indexes are shown on the Methodology page. The major impact of this change was to the Restricted Economy index. The new Virgin Australia fares used for this category (Flexi) were substantially lower than the previously used Virgin fares (Flexible). In a competitive response Qantas also reduced its Flexi Saver fares on competing routes. These changes produced a sharp drop in the Restricted Economy index.

February 2008 change to Full Economy index: Prior to February 2008 the Full Economy Fare category was based solely on the Qantas Fully Flexible Fare. From February 2008 on the category was expanded to include Virgin Blue's Corporate Plus Fare, leading to a drop in the index at the point of changeover.

Consumer price index Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Catalogue No 6401.0