Australia’s BITRE releases domestic airfare index for Feb-2017, domestic fares up 2%

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) released (09-Feb-2017) the Domestic Air Fare Index for Feb-2017 which showed the 'Best Discount Fare' Index (Jul-2003 = 100) for domestic travel increased 2.0% year-on-year to 60.1 in Feb-2017. 'Restricted economy' was up 0.5% year-on-year and 'Business class' was down 0.4% year-on-year. [more - original PR]