Lauderdale airport ranks as 4th cheapest destination in country

Lauderdale has fourth-lowest airfares By Jaclyn Giovis | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ranked high in the nation for its affordability and drop in airfares in early 2008, the government reported Wednesday. Average fares fell 7.7 percent from $258 to $238 in the first quarter, compared with a year ago, while they rose at most other airports, according to a U.S. Department of Transportation report. The decline was the third-largest at any airport, and it helped to earn the Fort Lauderdale airport its spot as the fourth cheapest destination in the country after Atlantic City, N.J., Dallas' Love Field and Burbank, Calif. Fort Lauderdale's rank also benefited from a change in the government's reporting process, which cut Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico from its comparisons in the first... [read full story]