The contract to promote Allegiant’s non-stop route to Nashville International Airport begins June 5.
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GREENSBORO – Domestic airfares at Piedmont Triad International Airport have fallen over the past year.
According to a release from PTI, the rates fell by 6.2% for the 12-month period up to September 2019. The analysis was based on a tariff survey by the US Department of Transportation.
“We are excited about this downward trend in airfare at PTI and how we are among the most comparable airports in the region,” said Kevin Baker, Executive Director of the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority, in the press release.
The PTI analysis by the US DOT Airline Origin and Destination Survey also found that airport fares received positive ratings among PTI’s comparison airports in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
PTI’s airfares were the second lowest of the three largest airports in North Carolina. Raleigh-Durham fares were lower. PTI was in the lowest third of 24 airports in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Charlotte, Richmond, Norfolk, Washington / Dulles, and Columbia all had higher average round-trip fares for domestic travel to the United States.
Baker attributes the lower airfares in part to budget airlines Allegiant and Spirit Airlines, to the increased number of seats available from most airlines to existing markets, and to other factors such as Allegiant, which will offer direct flights to Nashville from June.