airfare

noun

air·​fare ˈer-ˌfer How to pronounce airfare (audio)
: fare for travel by airplane

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Lufthansa plans to raise airfares to offset higher jet fuel costs. J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 May 2026 This comes amid rising jet fuel prices that has summer domestic airfare increasing up to 15 percent and prices for European trips from the United States jumping around 20 percent. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026 That was already a pretty good recipe for higher airfares. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 6 May 2026 Restaurants reigned as Amex’s single biggest travel and entertainment spending category coming out of COVID, rising from a distant third two years before, and eclipsing the traditional leaders, hotels and airfare. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for airfare

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of airfare was in 1917

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“Airfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfare. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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