Adjusted for inflation, air travel in the U.S. has gotten much cheaper. That 1996 ticket in today’s dollars would be $482, BTS says, or 85% more than the recent pandemic-depressed average price. Yes, prices jumped sharply in June, when travel was hot again compared with June 2020.

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