AUSTRALIA'S domestic airlines cut the price of their cheapest economy tickets in April.
Discount ticket prices for domestic travel fell by as much as 20 per cent compared with March, according to the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.
Business class ticket prices were little changed in April although remain about 25 per cent cheaper than in 2011 when Virgin Australia gradually introduced business class into its fleet in a bid to lure more corporate travellers from Qantas.
In December, the price of a business class ticket fell to the lowest level since the bureau began collecting records in 1992.
Discount ticket prices for domestic travel fell by as much as 20 per cent compared with March, according to the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.
Business class ticket prices were little changed in April although remain about 25 per cent cheaper than in 2011 when Virgin Australia gradually introduced business class into its fleet in a bid to lure more corporate travellers from Qantas.
In December, the price of a business class ticket fell to the lowest level since the bureau began collecting records in 1992.
