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Ryan air Group CEO has warned , Airline passengers will see price hikes next year , as travel conditions improve.
He believes, fares will be more expensive in 2022 due to a 25% reduction in the number of available seats than pre-pandemic period, as airlines reducing their operations.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that prices will rise, particularly during the peaks of the bank holiday weekends, the school holiday travel period,”
“We will be urging people to book very early because I think there’s less seats and pricing will be higher.”
As per his statement, flights “will never be cheaper” than they are this year, as “all the airlines are running with much lower advanced bookings than we have ever had before because of the travel restrictions”.
While International leisure travel ban getting lifted in United kingdom , he went on saying, “This summer there are going to be great travel bargains.”
EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren suggested prices of flights to green list countries such as Portugal will not be raised in the coming months.
He said passengers are “always going to find flights that are exceptionally affordable and provide a lot of value for money”.
British Airways Chief Sean Doyle told that passengers are benefitting from a combination of “very competitive prices” and “great flexibility” for amending bookings.
“It’s kind of the best of both worlds today for travellers,” he said.
“There’s a lot of airlines out there competing for business, and we will always be competitive.”
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