![]() ![]() Senate spotlight on sky-high faresĪ Senate inquiry on Tuesday will put flight prices in the spotlight after the government made a controversial decision to block Qatar Airways’ bid to double the 28 weekly services it currently offers in Australia, after being lobbied by Qantas.Ĭritics claim the move shields Qantas from competition and allows them to inflate airfares. He said travellers’ best bet for affordable flights right now is to book as far in advance as possible. “Singapore has come back to a certain extent, and it’s putting more capacity on, but not until April next year,” Turner told. Jet-setters heading from Brisbane to Singapore paid just $1230 for return economy flights, but that is up 46 per cent, with the fares costing $1795 in 2023. Return economy flights from Melbourne to Los Angeles cost $1645 in 2019, but in 2023 the fares are more than 60 per cent higher, costing $2710.įlights from Sydney to Los Angeles are 59 per cent more expensive, costing $1550 in 2019, and now $2465 in 2023. ![]() North American routes are also only flying at 85 per cent capacity, Turner told. Return economy fares from Sydney to London were $2320 in 2019, the same flights costing $3260 in 2023, according to Webjet data.Īustralian traveller Roger McMahon and his wife Vicky spent $8000 on return flights to London, and he told 7NEWS: “It staggered me, the price we paid.” Aussie travellers Roger and Vicky McMahon were ‘staggered’ when they paid $8000 for their flights to London. That’s one of the reasons the airfare prices are so high to Europe,” Turner said. “Emirates is only flying about 70 per cent of their capacity at the moment, so there’s a big shortage through the Middle East through to Europe. He said economy fares were “somewhere from 40 per cent, up to 100 per cent higher than pre-COVID”. ![]()
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