airfare

noun

air·​fare ˈer-ˌfer 

: fare for travel by airplane

Examples of airfare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jet fuel prices need to fall and stay down for airfares to decline on a sustained basis, said Stephen Treanor, a finance professor at California State University, Chico, who has studied airlines’ exposure to fuel price risk. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Travelers shopping for holiday flights already are encountering the highest airfares in a decade, travel-booking company Hopper said in a report published the same day. — Rio Yamat, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Americans traveling for the holidays this year could face sticker shock as high jet fuel costs stemming from the Iran war drive up domestic airfares, according to a new forecast. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Former Spirit customers say finding cheap airfare is harder as fares rise and travelers adapt to life without the ultra-low-cost carrier. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for airfare

• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare
• compare
• cookware