Air fares inflation: annual rate by year since 1997
3.0%
-8.0%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for air fares (COICOP 07.3.3) for every year from 1997 to 2025: 29 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 3.0% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 27.9% in 2022; the lowest is -5.1% in 2003. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 18 of the 29 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 9 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 168.0 in 2025.
Air fares inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.0% | 168.0 | 3.4% | -0.4 points |
| 2024 | -1.9% | 163.2 | 2.5% | -4.4 points |
| 2023 | 15.8% | 166.4 | 7.3% | +8.5 points |
| 2022 | 27.9% | 143.6 | 9.1% | +18.8 points |
| 2021 | 7.9% | 112.3 | 2.6% | +5.3 points |
| 2020 | -2.0% | 104.1 | 0.9% | -2.9 points |
| 2019 | 7.2% | 106.2 | 1.8% | +5.4 points |
| 2018 | 3.6% | 99.1 | 2.5% | +1.1 points |
| 2017 | -2.3% | 95.7 | 2.7% | -5.0 points |
| 2016 | -2.0% | 98.0 | 0.7% | -2.7 points |
| 2015 | 7.4% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +7.4 points |
| 2014 | 2.7% | 93.1 | 1.5% | +1.2 points |
| 2013 | 6.7% | 90.6 | 2.6% | +4.1 points |
| 2012 | 4.4% | 85.0 | 2.8% | +1.6 points |
| 2011 | 11.5% | 81.4 | 4.5% | +7.0 points |
| 2010 | 12.8% | 73.0 | 3.3% | +9.5 points |
| 2009 | -0.2% | 64.7 | 2.2% | -2.4 points |
| 2008 | 13.3% | 64.8 | 3.6% | +9.7 points |
| 2007 | 2.3% | 57.2 | 2.3% | – |
| 2006 | -4.3% | 55.9 | 2.3% | -6.6 points |
| 2005 | 5.5% | 58.5 | 2.1% | +3.4 points |
| 2004 | -4.4% | 55.4 | 1.3% | -5.7 points |
| 2003 | -5.1% | 58.0 | 1.4% | -6.5 points |
| 2002 | -1.2% | 61.1 | 1.3% | -2.5 points |
| 2001 | 9.0% | 61.9 | 1.2% | +7.8 points |
| 2000 | 2.3% | 56.8 | 0.8% | +1.5 points |
| 1999 | 1.6% | 55.5 | 1.3% | +0.3 points |
| 1998 | 3.8% | 54.6 | 1.6% | +2.2 points |
| 1997 | 3.3% | 52.6 | 1.8% | +1.5 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | -8.0% |
| July 2026 | -11.6% |
| June 2026 | 3.1% |
| May 2026 | 0.9% |
| April 2026 | -13.2% |
| March 2026 | 14.5% |
| February 2026 | 3.8% |
| January 2026 | 0.6% |
| December 2025 | 11.0% |
| November 2025 | 0.3% |
| October 2025 | 0.9% |
| September 2025 | 5.5% |
| August 2025 | -3.5% |
| July 2025 | 15.5% |
| June 2025 | 0.5% |
| May 2025 | -3.9% |
| April 2025 | 16.2% |
| March 2025 | -2.9% |
| February 2025 | -2.6% |
| January 2025 | -2.0% |
| December 2024 | -26.0% |
| November 2024 | 0.0% |
| October 2024 | 6.6% |
| September 2024 | -5.0% |
| August 2024 | 11.9% |
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
File: mm23.csv. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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