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According to stats compiled by the Airlines Reporting Corp, travellers paid an average of $456 for their roundtrip domestic flight during the month of August, compared to $473 in July.

Ticket prices were also down 2 percent compared to the month of August the year before.

Despite the slightly lower fares, stats also showed that the value of sales increased to $7.4 billion this August, compared to $7.1 billion the same period last year.

The report looked at airline tickets sold by US-based travel agencies only.

Likewise, more travellers took to US skies this August than last year: The number of passenger trips increased 4 percent to 23,076,905 this year, compared to 22,130,120 in August 2016.

Results do not include sales of tickets purchased directly from airlines.