Travel from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has gotten more affordable.

Last year, it was 66th on cheapflights.com’s annual airport affordability report. This year, it’s jumped to the No. 8 spot. Cheapflights.com looks at average airfares on its site during the month of June for a mix of popular domestic and international destinations. According to the report, the average airfare out of Cleveland Hopkins was $278, eighth lowest among 101 airports. At the top of the list was Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, which last year ranked 77th. Both Ohio airports used to be major traffic centers for a dominant air carrier, which used their near monopolies to keep fares high — United Airlines at Cleveland Hopkins and Delta Airlines at Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky. Though the loss of flights that accompanied the airlines’ decisions to cut back at both airports has limited or eliminated direct service to some cities, the wallets of passengers through both airports are benefitting from the end of their domination by a single airline. Since United closed its Cleveland hub in 2014, new, so-called ultra-low-cost airlines — Frontier, JetBlue and Sprint airlines — have started to fly out of Cleveland Hopkins, forcing down the fares of all carriers. “In the past, (Cleveland Hopkins) was not thought of as an affordable option for Cleveland area residents,” said Ricky Smith, director of the Cleveland Airport System, in a press release. “But we’ve added three new low-cost and ultra-low-cost airlines here since last year. The additional service has increased competition with the passengers benefitting the most.”