-ATA: Airfares increase slightly -- August fares up $4.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-1 October 1998-ATA: Airfares increase slightly -- August fares up $4 (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:250998 Washington, DC -- The Air Transport Association (ATA) released their monthly Domestic Airfare Report today and it shows that average airfares in August increased $4.01 to $129.58 from $125.57 (3.2) over August 1997.

Year-to-date (January-August 98) average fares have remained relatively unchanged over the same period one year ago, increasing $2.93 to $138.55 (2.2). The report includes monthly average coach and first-class ticket prices, as well as average ticket prices overall. Information in the report is compiled from actual prices paid by consumers, which are provided by air carriers to ATA. "Even though airfares are up...