Do you plan to take the plane soon? If so, you may feel an upward difference in the prices of your short-term and long-term tickets.
After two years of pandemic depression and boosted by inflation, the prices of plane tickets have started to rise once more. Environmental and regulatory pressures inflate these rates.
The impact on your plane ticket?
The International Air Transport Association (Here) is reunited at the beginning of the week in Doha in Qatar for his annual general meeting. The opportunity to analyze the situation and his consequences on access to this mode of transport.
During the Covid period, planes were flying partly empty and the rates were relatively low compared to the pre-Covid period. After the restrictions were lifted, this tariff trend reversed regardless of the destinations and the dates. In the EU, the average fare excluding taxes for a one-way ticket returned in April to the level of the same month of 2019, following falling by 20% in 2020.
In Francethe prices of flights departing from the country increased by 19.4% in May 2022 compared to the same month in 2021, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. What regarding for Luxair ? The Luxembourg airline confirms that the entire aviation sector is facing rising prices. However, it does not specify on what scale but will continue to offer prices that correspond to its high level of service.
Demand is not diminishing, however.
The Airlines companies global companies expect to spend 24% of their costs on fuel this year compared to 19% in 2021. After being bled by the health crisis, they are forced to transfer these increases to customers. However, “we don’t see a reduction in demand, and I don’t think we will“, assures the general manager of the American giant United AirlinesScott Kirby, putting the current increases in perspective: “ In real terms, prices are back to 2014 levels, and lower than before that time ».
A little taste of vacation.
If you want to travel from Luxembourg to Almeria by Spain with Luxair, you will have to pay a minimum of 169 euros. Against a minimum of 126 euros for Seville with Ryanairbeginning of July.
If you want to leave Europe, Luxair offers flights at a minimum of 727 euros for Antalya in Turkey at this time. You can go to Milan for a minimum amount of 119 euros with Ita Airways.
For 552 euros you take off with TAP Air Portugal pour Lisbon still at the beginning of July. You can try to do to lower the price of youtre plane ticket while playing with the dates of flights and periods. The period of School vacation (July-August) remaining more expensive than September, for example.
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