Meanings
nounairfare (countable and uncountable, plural airfares)
plural airfares
- countableuncountableThe cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip.
I'd love to visit Paris, but I can't afford the airfare.
1 more example
Airline ticket prices declined as low-cost carriers started expanding their routes in 2016, the essay said. A chart from online database FRED shows the downward trend in airfares before the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023 May 17, Heather Hennerich, “What Makes a Market an Oligopoly?”, in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2025
Origin
Translations
Finnish lentolipun hinta
- lentolipun hintacost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
German Flugpreis
- Flugpreiscost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
Hungarian repülőjegyár, repjegyár
- repülőjegyárcost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
- repjegyárcost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
Italian prezzo del biglietto, costo del biglietto
- prezzo del bigliettocost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
- costo del bigliettocost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
Korean 항공료
- 항공료 (hanggongnyo)cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
Russian сто́имость авиабиле́та
- сто́имость авиабиле́та (stóimostʹ aviabiléta)cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
Spanish pasaje aéreo
- pasaje aéreocost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
Swedish flygavgift
- flygavgiftcost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
Turkish uçak bileti ücreti
- uçak bileti ücreticost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip
Cite this entry
APA
airfare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airfare
MLA
“airfare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airfare. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airfare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airfare.
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